North Burkina Faso is the Sahelian region of Burkina Faso, along the border of Mali and Niger.
Cities
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Map of North Burkina Faso
- 1 Bani – known for its seven clay mosques
- 2 Bokin
- 3 Djibo — an important market for cattle, sheep, goats
- 4 Dori — a good place to buy Dori blankets, Touareg silver, and tailored clothes
- 5 Gorom-Gorom — a convenient base for travelling to culturally interesting, colorful, remote, exotic villages and sites in Oudalan
- 6 Kaya — the leather capital of Burkina
- 7 Ouahigouya — the one large city in the region, and the final major city in Burkina on the route to Mali
- 8 Yako — the birthplace of Burkina Faso's former president Thomas Sankara
Other destinations
[edit | edit source]- 1 Sylvo-Pastoral and Partial Faunal Reserve of the Sahel — it has several temporary lakes that are important for migratory birds
Understand
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[edit | edit source]Ouahigouya is the point of arrival for those coming from Mali, and has frequent buses from Ouagadougou.
Get around
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[edit | edit source]Ancient ferrous metallurgy sites
[edit | edit source]Five sites with ancient iron mines and furnaces around Burkina Faso have been listed as a world heritage site. Three of them are in North Burkina Faso (the other two are in the Black Volta Region):
- 1 Tiwêga Site (west of Kaya).
- 2 Yamané Site (between Mané and Ziniaré).
- 3 Kindibo Site (east of Gourcy).
Do
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