Tenkodogo

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'''Tenkodogo''' is a town in southeastern Burkina Faso. It serves as the capital city of Boulgou Province and the Centre-Est Region of Burkina Faso with a population of 61,936 (2019). Tenkodogo was also the capital of the historic Tenkodogo Bissa-Mossi origin and considered to be root of all other Mossi Kingdoms, having been founded ''circa'' 1100. The literal translation of '''Tenkodogo''' is ''ancient-land''.<ref name=pop/><ref name="James 183">{{cite book|author=Manson, Katrina, Knight, James|title=''Burkina Faso''|date=2006|work=Bradt Travel Guides|publisher=The Globe Pequot Press Inc.|isbn=1-84162-154-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/burkinafaso0000mans/page/183 183]|url=https://archive.org/details/burkinafaso0000mans/page/183}}</ref>

==Economy== The villages surrounding Tenkodogo are primarily based around animal husbandry.

The main market takes place every 3 days.

Notable hotels include Hotel Djamou, Hotel Djamou Annexe, Hotel Laafi, and Auberge Riale.<ref name="James 184">{{cite book|author=Manson, Katrina, Knight, James|title=''Burkina Faso''|date=2006|work=Bradt Travel Guides|publisher=The Globe Pequot Press Inc.|isbn=1-84162-154-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/burkinafaso0000mans/page/184 184]|url=https://archive.org/details/burkinafaso0000mans/page/184}}</ref>

==Politics== On 29 January 2016, the king of Tenkodogo, Naba Saga, died while in Thailand for hospital care.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lefaso.net/spip.php?article69514|title=Décès du roi de Tenkodogo : Qui était Naba Saga ? - leFaso.net, l'actualité au Burkina Faso|website=lefaso.net|language=fr|access-date=2017-03-10}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sidwaya.bf/m-10700--palais-royal-de-tenkodogo-les-autorites-regionales-sollicitent-l-accompagnement-de-naba-guiguem-polle.html|title=Palais royal de Tenkodogo : Les autorités régionales sollicitent l'accompagnement de Naba Guiguem-Pollé|website=www.sidwaya.bf|access-date=2017-03-10}}</ref>

==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 Ouagadougou.

'''Tenkodogo''' is approximately {{convert|185|km|0}} from Ouagadougou 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) located at a close proximity to the market (''Marchè de Tenkodogo or Tenkodogo Daassi or Raaga in both BISSA and Mooré languages respectively'').The second in command of the Tenkodogo chieftaincy or prime minister is Kere family.

The current head of the family is '''His Majesty King Naba Guiguem-Pollé and Kiir BIDIMPOO as his second in command, King of the Kingdom of Tenkodogo and Rima of BISSAKO (RIALEKOU)'''.

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).

{{Weather box |metric first=yes |single line=yes |location=Tenkodogo |temperature colour=pastel |Jan high C=34.2 |Feb high C=35.9 |Mar high C=38.9 |Apr high C=39.2 |May high C=36.5 |Jun high C=33.9 |Jul high C=31.5 |Aug high C=30.4 |Sep high C=31.6 |Oct high C=34.7 |Nov high C=36 |Dec high C=34.4

| source 1 = ''Climate-Data.org'', elevation: 309 m<ref>{{cite web|title=Climate: Tenkodogo - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table|url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/3960/|publisher=Climate-Data.org|access-date=19 October 2013}}</ref>

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== Demographics == {| class="wikitable" !Year !Population |- |1985 |23,331<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.insd.bf/n/contenu/statistiques_regions/regions_en_chiffres_en_2011/reg_chif_ce_2011.pdf|title=La région du Centre-Est en chiffres|date=2011|access-date=9 March 2017}}</ref> |- |1996 |31,466<ref name=":0" /> |- |2006 |44,491<ref name=":0" /> |}

==See also== *List of cities in Burkina Faso

==References== {{Reflist}}

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Category:Populated places in the Centre-Est Region Category:Tenkodogo Department