Tiébélé | |
Settlement Type: | Department |
Mapsize: | 350px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Burkina Faso |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Nahouri Province |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | GMT 0 |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Tiébélé is a department or commune of Nahouri Province in southeastern Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Tiébélé;[1] the chief, the royal court and the nobility of the Kassena people, who first settled the region in the 15th century, reside there.[2] Located at the foot of a hill in a lowland landscape, the Royal Court of Tiébélé forms an irregular circular space of approximately 1.2 hectares. Several characteristic elements can be distinguished: a sacred hill, an altar of the ancestor and the red fig tree. The courtyard is characterized by a rich traditional architecture of a defensive character. It is surrounded by high perimeter walls connected by residential walls.