Noumoudara

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'''Noumoudara''' is a town in southwestern Burkina Faso, 26 km southwest of the city of Bobo-Dioulasso. It is located in Hauts-Bassins Region. As of 2006 it had a population of 1,007 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Liste des villages du Burkina Faso - Recensement 2006 |url=https://data.humdata.org/dataset/liste-des-villages-du-burkina-faso-recensement-2006 |website=Humdata |publisher=Burkina Open Data Initiative |access-date=6 November 2025}}</ref>

The etymology of the town comes from two places. In the Dyula language, "noumou" means "blacksmith" while "daga" means "village". Thus, the name "Noumoudara" means "the village of the blacksmiths."<ref>{{cite web |title=Mausolée de Tiéfo Amoro au Burkina : Un site à découvrir en touriste ou en pèlerin |url=https://lefaso.net/spip.php?article107704 |website=LeFaso.net |access-date=6 November 2025}}</ref>

Historically, the town was the main center of the Tiefo People. It became the scene of much military action in 1897. Samori Ture of the Samorian state had recently conquered and razed Kong. He then sought to attack the Dyula trading town of Bobob-Dioulasso. In order to do so, he first had to besiege the rival town of Noumoudara, which he duly did following the 19th of July. The fortress fell after a week-long siege, with Samori ordering its destruction as a show of strength.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kambou-Ferrand |first1=Jeanne-Marie |title=Peuples voltaïques et conquête coloniale, 1885-1914 : Burkina Faso |date=1993 |publisher=L’Harmattan |pages=230–231}}</ref>

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Category:Populated places in the Hauts-Bassins Region Category:Houet Province