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Banfora

Western Africa

Banfora is a city in southwestern Burkina Faso and the capital of Comoe Province, with a population of 117,452 at the 2019 census, making it the country's sixth most populous city. It lies 85 kilometers southwest of Bobo-Dioulasso on the Abidjan-Ouagadougou railway, and the nearby Cascades de Karfiguela waterfalls are a notable feature close to the city.

Facts
Population
117,200 1
Area (sq km)
934 1
Founding Year
1903 1
Population Estimate Year
2019 1
Elevation (m)
299 1
Latitude
10.630833 degrees north 1
Longitude
4.758889 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC+00:00 2
Sources
1. Banfora (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1903-00-00T00:00:00Z
  • P1082 (population)
    population 117,200 (2019)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 10.630833, longitude -4.758889
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 299 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 934.0 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 117200 (2019)
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2. GeoNames: Banfora - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2362909
    10.64064 -4.75285 P PPLA BF 02 55 117452 304 Africa/Ouagadougou
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 304 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 10.75, -4.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 10.75, -4.75
10.75 -4.75 Aw
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Banfora (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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