Boromo

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Boromo
Status: commune urbaine , department
Region: Boucle du Mouhoun
Province: Balé
Residents: 29,849 (2006)
Structure: 4 sectors / 8 villages
Mayor: Karim Guira
location
Boromo (Burkina Faso)
Boromo
Boromo
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11 ° 45 ′  N , 2 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 11 ° 45 ′  N , 2 ° 56 ′  W

Boromo is a city and a department in the West African state of Burkina Faso in the Boucle du Mouhoun region and capital of the province of Balé. Boromo is on the main road that connects the country's two major cities, Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso . The population in the four sectors of the main town and the eight associated villages is 29,849.

Hauptethnien in Boromo is Marka and Mossi , which in 1830 sold the traditional population of Kô than they from marabout had been instigated Mamadou Karantao it. About 70% of Boromo's residents are Muslim.

Boromo has four mosques. The most important of them is located in a north-western district. It was built around 1900. The entire facility is small and extends over 104 square meters. The tower is 8.2 meters high. It is a central Sudanese type mosque. Today, traces of erosion are particularly evident on the east facade, on all building tips and in the area of ​​the gargoyles.

The Deux Balés National Park lies south of Boromo .

Climate table

Boromo
Climate diagram
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92
 
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126
 
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220
 
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280
 
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173
 
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57
 
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1.2
 
35
16
Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: wetterkontor.de
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Boromo
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 35.4 37.2 39.2 39.3 37.2 34.3 31.9 30.5 31.6 34.6 36.5 35.0 O 35.2
Min. Temperature (° C) 16.0 18.5 22.4 24.9 24.9 23.1 22.1 21.9 21.7 21.8 19.0 16.0 O 21st
Precipitation ( mm ) 0.0 3.0 10.3 28.5 91.5 125.7 219.6 280.4 173.0 56.5 9.0 1.2 Σ 998.7
Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 9.1 9.1 8.4 8.1 8.5 8.2 7.4 7.1 7.8 8.7 9.2 8.7 O 8.4
Rainy days ( d ) 0 0 1 3 7th 10 12 15th 12 4th 0 0 Σ 64
Humidity ( % ) 24 22nd 26th 43 58 70 77 83 81 68 46 30th O 52.5
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39.3
24.9
37.2
24.9
34.3
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31.9
22.1
30.5
21.9
31.6
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  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Source: wetterkontor.de

See also

literature

  • Dorothee Gruner, The Lehmmoschee am Niger , documentation of a traditional building type, Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart, 1990, ISBN 3-515-05357-3

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Results of the 2006 census ( Memento from December 15, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 92 kB).
  2. ↑ Results of the 2006 census. (PDF; 94 kB) November 6, 2008, accessed on February 25, 2010 (French).
  3. ↑ a b Dorothee Gruner, p. 382 (see lit.)