Diaba Lompo was a 13th-century ruler, and the founder of the town of
Fada N'Gourma
Fada N'gourma, also written Fada-Ngourma or Noungu, is a city and an important market town in eastern Burkina Faso, lying east of Ouagadougou, in the Gourmantché area. It is the capital of the Est Region and Gourma Province, and is also the sea ...
, in
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...
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His original name for Fada N'Gourma was Bingo. Fada N'Gourma is the easternmost major city in Burkina Faso. Nowadays it is nicknamed Fada.
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City founders
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