Kiffa

Kiffa has a hot desert climate classified as Sahelian, with the hottest months from April to June.

About two thirds of Kiffa's population are settled Berber pastoralists who were nomadic herders until the 1950s.

Kiffa was home to one of the most notable beadmaking centers in West Africa, famous for its antique Kiffa beads made exclusively by women.

Until the 1980s, small elephants were known to survive in the Affolle valleys, but a proposed national park for them failed to materialize.

Kiffa is known in the astronomical community as the site of a medium-sized meteorite impact in 1970.