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| Country |  Burkina Faso |
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| Time zone | GMT (UTC+0) |
Nouna is a town of about 20,000 inhabitants located in the Province of Kossi in Burkina Faso. French West Africa ( Afrique occidentale française, AOF) was a Federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Burkina Faso (bɚˌkiːnəˈfɑːsoʊ burr-KEE-na FAH-soh) also known by its short-form name Burkina, is a Landlocked nation in West Africa The regions of Burkina Faso are divided into 45 administrative Provinces. Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT) is a term originally referring to mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London Coordinated Universal Time, the basis for the world's civil time frequently referred to by the name of its predecessor Greenwich Mean Time Western The Province de la Kossi lies in the western part of Burkina Faso and stretches to the border with Mali. Burkina Faso (bɚˌkiːnəˈfɑːsoʊ burr-KEE-na FAH-soh) also known by its short-form name Burkina, is a Landlocked nation in West Africa 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, and several hotels.
According to the legend, the town of Nouna was founded by an elder of the Dafin tribe, 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 (or Peulh). The Fula or Fulbe or Fulani (the latter being an Anglicisation of the word in their language Fulɓe) are an ethnic group of There are also some Mossi (the majority tribe in the country) and a few other minorities. Mossi ( sing Moaaga) are a people in central Burkina Faso, living mostly in the villages of the Volta River Basin 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. Bobo-Dioulasso is a city with a population of about 435543 ( As of 2006) the second biggest city in Burkina Faso, Africa, after Ouagadougou
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