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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

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  • 1 Sylvo-Pastoral and Partial Faunal Reserve of the Sahel Sylvo-Pastoral and Partial Faunal Reserve of the Sahel on Wikipedia — it has several temporary lakes that are important for migratory birds

Understand

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Get in

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Ouahigouya is the point of arrival for those coming from Mali, and has frequent buses from Ouagadougou.

Get around

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Ancient ferrous metallurgy sites

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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).

Drink

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Stay safe

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