Kaya, Burkina Faso

Kaya, Burkina Faso
Regional capital
Kaya, Burkina Faso
Location within Burkina Faso, French West Africa
Coordinates: 13°05′00″N 01°05′00″W / 13.08333°N 1.08333°W / 13.08333; -1.08333Coordinates: 13°05′00″N 01°05′00″W / 13.08333°N 1.08333°W / 13.08333; -1.08333
Country  Burkina Faso
Region Centre-Nord
Province Sanmatenga
Government
 • Mayor Mahama Bélémviré[1]
Elevation 353 m (1,158 ft)
Population (2012)
 • Total 66,851
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Kaya is the seventh largest city in Burkina Faso, lying northeast of Ouagadougou, to which it is connected by railway. It is a centre for weaving and tanning.

Kaya is the capital of Sanmatenga Province. It is 100 kilometres (62 mi) from Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.

Demographics

Kaya had 66,851 inhabitants (2012).

Population growth:

Year Inhabitants
1985 (census)29.359
1996 (census)33.958
2006 (census)51,778

Infrastructure

Women in Kaya kneading millet to prepare food. 2007

Kaya Airport is a public airport in Kaya. As of 2014 it did not have any scheduled commercial flights.

In 1988 Kaya was connected by railway to Ouagadougou[2] but, as of 2014, there were no passenger services available.

Kaya is a road junction for the N3 and N15 national highways that link the city with Dori, Ouagadougou and Pouytenga, Boulsa, Kongoussi and Ouahigouya, respectively.

Education

  • technical college for girls
  • secondary school

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot semi-arid (BSh).

Climate data for Kaya
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 32
(90)		 35.3
(95.5)		 37.9
(100.2)		 39.1
(102.4)		 37.8
(100)		 35.1
(95.2)		 32.2
(90)		 30.8
(87.4)		 32.1
(89.8)		 36.1
(97)		 35.3
(95.5)		 32.5
(90.5)		 34.7
(94.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) 24.3
(75.7)		 27.2
(81)		 30.3
(86.5)		 32.2
(90)		 31.4
(88.5)		 29
(84)		 27.1
(80.8)		 26.1
(79)		 26.9
(80.4)		 29.4
(84.9)		 27.6
(81.7)		 24.8
(76.6)		 28
(82.4)
Average low °C (°F) 16.6
(61.9)		 19.2
(66.6)		 22.7
(72.9)		 25.3
(77.5)		 25
(77)		 23
(73)		 22
(72)		 21.4
(70.5)		 21.8
(71.2)		 22.8
(73)		 19.9
(67.8)		 17.2
(63)		 21.4
(70.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 4
(0.16)		 13
(0.51)		 41
(1.61)		 98
(3.86)		 153
(6.02)		 207
(8.15)		 111
(4.37)		 21
(0.83)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 648
(25.51)
Source: Climate-Data.org, altitude: 331m[3]

Sister cities

See also

References

  1. ↑ In: Le Pays, 8 June 2006 Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, by Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali, Boureima Diamitani, 2013, third edition, Scarecrow Press, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8108-6770-3
  3. ↑ "Climate: Kaya - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
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