North Burkina Faso

North Burkina Faso is the Sahelian region of Burkina Faso, along the border of Mali and Niger.

Cities

 * – known for its seven clay mosques
 * — an important market for cattle, sheep, goats
 * — a good place to buy Dori blankets, Touareg silver, and tailored clothes
 * — a convenient base for travelling to culturally interesting, colorful, remote, exotic villages and sites in Oudalan
 * — the leather capital of Burkina
 * — the one large city in the region, and the final major city in Burkina on the route to Mali
 * — the birthplace of Burkina Faso's former president Thomas Sankara
 * — the birthplace of Burkina Faso's former president Thomas Sankara

Other destinations

 * — it has several temporary lakes that are important for migratory birds

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

Ancient ferrous metallurgy sites
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):