| Botou | |
| Settlement Type: | Department |
| Mapsize: | 300px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Burkina Faso |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tapoa Province |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 1787 |
| Population As Of: | 2019 census |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 81128 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | GMT 0 |
| Utc Offset: | +0 |
Botou is a department or commune of Tapoa Province in eastern Burkina Faso. Its capital is the town of Botou.[2] The department constitutes a panhandle that stretches into Niger.