Kaya, Burkina Faso

Kaya
City
Kaya is located in Burkina Faso
Kaya
Kaya
Location within Burkina Faso
Coordinates: 13°05′00″N 01°05′00″W / 13.08333°N 1.08333°W / 13.08333; -1.08333
CountryBurkina Faso
RegionCentre-Nord
ProvinceSanmatenga
Government
 • MayorBoukaré Ouedraogo
Elevation
353 m (1,158 ft)
Population
 (2019)[1]
 • Total
121,970
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Kaya is the fifth 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 located 100 kilometres (62 mi) from Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.

Demographics

Kaya has a population of 121,970 (2019 census).[1]

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
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 32
(90) 		35.3
(95.5) 		37.9
(100.2) 		39.1
(102.4) 		37.8
(100.0) 		35.1
(95.2) 		32.2
(90.0) 		30.8
(87.4) 		32.1
(89.8) 		36.1
(97.0) 		35.3
(95.5) 		32.5
(90.5) 		34.7
(94.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) 24.3
(75.7) 		27.2
(81.0) 		30.3
(86.5) 		32.2
(90.0) 		31.4
(88.5) 		29
(84) 		27.1
(80.8) 		26.1
(79.0) 		26.9
(80.4) 		29.4
(84.9) 		27.6
(81.7) 		24.8
(76.6) 		28.0
(82.4)
Mean daily minimum °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
(73.0) 		19.9
(67.8) 		17.2
(63.0) 		21.4
(70.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 0
(0) 		0
(0) 		4
(0.2) 		13
(0.5) 		41
(1.6) 		98
(3.9) 		153
(6.0) 		207
(8.1) 		111
(4.4) 		21
(0.8) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		648
(25.5)
Source: Climate-Data.org, altitude: 331m[3]

Sister cities

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Citypopulation.de Population of the major cities in Burkina Faso
  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.