Diébougou is a town in

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...

, situated south-east of

Bobo-Dioulasso Bobo-Dioulasso is a city in Burkina Faso with a population of 904,920 (); it is the second-largest city in the country, after Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital. The name means "home of the Bobo-Dioula". The local Bobo-speaking population (re ...

on the main highway to

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

. It is located 74 kilometres north of

Gaoua Gaoua is a market town in southern Burkina Faso known for its superstitious values and customs. The population, rested at 45,284. (2019 census) Located in the red earth, green hills, and fast flowing streams of southwestern Burkina Faso, Gaoua is ...

and 133 km west of Leo, Burkina Faso and is the capital of Bougouriba Province. The town was captured by the French Colonial forces in May 1897; they established a military base there. The town is an important market town and has a range of crafts, including

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and basket work. There are

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s near the town known to locals as ''les grottes''. They were built under the French colonial command around 1900 using

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and form a network of tunnels to the west of the town.Manson, K., Knight, J. (2006), ''Burkina Faso'', p.226, Bradt Travel Guides, The Globe Pequot Press Inc., Retrieved on June 17, 2008 There is also a

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with

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Diebougou Populated places in the Sud-Ouest Region (Burkina Faso) Bougouriba Province