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Diébougou
Sud-Ouest, Burkina Faso · Africa
About Diébougou
Diébougou sits on the route: 35 minutes from Dano.
Diébougou is in Sud-Ouest, Burkina Faso, with about 26,000 people. The nearest town is Dano, about 29 km away.
Diébougou is the capital of the Diebougou Department, situated 136 kilometres (85 mi) south-east of Bobo-Dioulasso on the main highway to Ghana. It is located 74 kilometres north of Gaoua and 133 km west of Leo, Burkina Faso and is the capital of Bougouriba Province.
The town was captured by the French Colonial forcesRead more
in May 1897; they established a military base there.
The town is an important market town and has a range of crafts, including pottery and basket work. There are caves near the town known to locals as les grottes. They were built under the French colonial command around 1900 using forced labour and form a network of tunnels to the west of the town.
There is also a swamp with crocodiles.
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Diébougou is in Sud-Ouest, Burkina Faso, about 29 km from Dano.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 25,688
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Burkina Faso
- Region
- Sud-Ouest
- Timezone
- Africa/Ouagadougou
- Coordinates
- 10.9621, -3.2497
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Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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