Fada N'Gourma

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Fada N'Gourma

Total population

41,156

Coordinates12.06°, 0.36°

Demographic figures from INSD Burkina Faso. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Fada N'gourma, also written Fada-Ngourma or Noungu, is a city and an important market town in eastern Burkina Faso, lying 219 kilometres (136 mi) east of Ouagadougou, in the Gourmantché area. It is the capital of the Est Region and Gourma Province, and is also the seat of the king of the Gurma and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fada N'Gourma.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

S

Souleymane Ly

Nigerien teacher and politician (1919–1994)

P

Patric Gampéné

Burkinabe actor (1977-)

Odilia Yoni

Burkinabè actor

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Elise Foniyama Ilboudo Thiombiano

archaeologist and politician

M

Moustapha Laabli Thiombiano

Burkinabe media man

Adjima Thiombiano

Burkinabé botanist

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Axelle Kidann

Burkinabe musician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Est

• Bougui
  5 mi away
• Pokiamanga
  6 mi away
• Komandougou
  6.2 mi away
• Komangou
  9.2 mi away
• Gbédissaga
  14 mi away
• Naboudi
  15.6 mi away
• Kalkomé
  31.1 mi away
• Boultouanou
  59.3 mi away
• Souloungou
  66.3 mi away
• Foltchangou
  91.2 mi away
• Momba-Peulh
  92.2 mi away
• Blida
  1294.2 mi away

Browse all places in Est →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Fada N'Gourma

Search results from Open Library.