Tenkodogo is a town in southeastern

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 ...

. It serves as the capital city of

Boulgou Province Boulgou is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso and is in Centre-Est Region. The capital of Boulgou is Tenkodogo. The population of Boulgou in 2019 was 737,843. Demographics As of 2019, 54.2% of the population is female and 45.8% is male. 46. ...

and the

Centre-Est Region Centre-Est (, "East Central") is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative Regions of Burkina Faso, regions. The population of Centre-Est was 1,578,075 in 2019. The region's capital is Tenkodogo. Three Provinces of Burkina Faso, provinces (Boulgou, ...

of Burkina Faso with a population of 61,936 (2019). Tenkodogo was also the capital of the historic Tenkodogo Mossi Kingdom and considered to be root of all other

Mossi Kingdoms The Mossi Kingdoms, were a group of kingdoms in modern-day Burkina Faso that dominated the region of the Volta River, upper Volta river for hundreds of years. The largest Mossi kingdom was that of Ouagadougou. The king of Ouagadougou, known as ...

, having been found ''circa'' 1100. The literal translation of Tenkodogo is ''ancient-land''.

Economy

The villages surrounding Tenkodogo are primarily based around

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. The main market takes place every 3 days. Notable hotels include Hotel Djamou, Hotel Djamou Annexe, Hotel Laafi, and Auberge Riale.

Politics

On 29 January 2016, the king of Tenkodogo, Naba Saga, died while in

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for hospital care. He was the 28th king of Tenkodogo according to tradition and was inducted on 5 October 2001. He had taken the position after the death of his father, Naba Tigre, in September 2001. He was succeeded by Naba Guiguem-Pollé as king.

Transport

The town is connected to Koupéla and Bittou, along the N15 highway. Companies such as STAF, TSF, TSR, TCV and many more provide multiple daily services to

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. Tenkodogo is approximately from

and it takes about 3h30min by vehicle.

Development

In the period leading up to the 2019 edition of ''11 Dècembre'' festivity, Tenkodogo had a massive improvement to its road network. Multiple roads and roundabouts were asphalted making movements within the city much faster. Tenkodogo also had the removal of its ''dirt runway'' to make way for the ''11 Dècembre'' neighbourhood (colloquially known as "Cité 11 Decémbre") which is full of modern villas and houses.

Royal Family

The headquarters of the royal family is located within the Palais Royal de Tenkodogo (colloquially known as ''Na-Yiri'' in

Mooré language Mooré, also called More or Mossi, is a Gur language of the Oti–Volta branch and one of four official languages of Burkina Faso. It is the language of the Mossi people, spoken by approximately 6.46 million people in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Cot ...

) located at a close proximity to the market (''Marchè de Tenkodogo or Tenkodogo Raaga in

''). The current head of the family is His Majesty King Naba Guiguem-Pollé, King of the Kingdom of Tenkodogo and Rima of Zoungrantenga. The majority of descendants of the royal family carry the surname Sorgho and they are colloquially known as the ''naabisi'' (royals) of the city. The royal family are still a key figure in the city and they still mediate over land or family disputes in the city.

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot semi-arid (BSh) that closely borders with tropical wet and dry (Aw).

Demographics

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{{Authority control Populated places in the Centre-Est Region