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Nouna
Boucle du Mouhoun, Burkina Faso · Africa
About Nouna
Nouna sits on the route: 20 minutes from Pa.
Nouna is in Boucle du Mouhoun, Burkina Faso, with about 32,000 people. The nearest town is Pa, about 12 km away.
Nouna is a town, with a population of 32,428 (2019), located in the Province of Kossi in Burkina Faso. It is the capital of the Province. Nouna is a fairly developed town that boasts electricity, running water, land-line telephones, and cellular phones. It also has a high school, bank, post office, mayor's office,Read more
and several hotels.
According to the legend, the town of Nouna was founded by an elder of the Dafin ethnic group, who having spotted a water source in the wilderness, exclaimed "N'nouna diara!" (I am happy!), and that is how the place came to be called "Nouna".
Nouna is located on the line of separation between Samo (or Samogo) territory to the east and Dafin territory to the west. Its inhabitants are mostly Dafin, with a sizable minority of Samo, Bobo, and Fulani (French: Peul or Peulh; Fula: Fulɓe). There are also some Mossi (the majority tribe in the country) and a few other minorities. The dominant language is the Dioula language, which belongs to the same family as the Dafin.
Nouna's main street, which runs through the town from east to west, goes to the second largest city in the country, Bobo-Dioulasso, in both directions.
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Nouna is in Boucle du Mouhoun, Burkina Faso, about 12 km from Pa.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 32,428
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Burkina Faso
- Region
- Boucle du Mouhoun
- Timezone
- Africa/Ouagadougou
- Coordinates
- 12.7294, -3.8630
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Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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