Black Volta Region - Black Volta Region

The Black Volta Region of Burkina Faso is in the southwest of the country.

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Map of Black Volta Region

10.630833333333-4.75888888888891 Banfora
11.183333333333-4.28333333333332 Bobo Dioulasso — the nation's second largest city.
12.466666666667-3.46666666666673 Dédougou
10.966666666667-3.254 Diebougou
12.583333333333-3.35 Douroula
10.316666666667-3.16666666666676 Gaoua
11.316666666667-4.56666666666677 Orodara
13.066666666667-3.06666666666678 Tougan

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11.66527778-2.971111111 Deux Balés National Park
11.6167-4.13332 Mare aux Hippopotames

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Ancient ferrous metallurgy sites

Five sites with ancient iron mines and furnaces around Burkina Faso have been listed as a world heritage site. Two of them are in the Black Volta Region (the other three are in North Burkina Faso):

11.622392-3.8919421 Békuy Site (northeast of Satiri along the N10 highway). (updated Jul 2019)

12.587753-3.3289832 Douroula site (northeast of Dédougou). (updated Jul 2019)

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