Fada N'gourma, also written Fada-Ngourma or Noungu, is a city and an important market town[3] in eastern Burkina Faso, lying 219 kilometres (136 mi) east of Ouagadougou, in the Gourmantché area.

It is the capital of the Est Region and Gourma Province, and is also the seat of the king of the Gurma and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fada N'Gourma.

In Hausa, Fada N'gourma means "residence of the chief of Gourma", or "place where one pays the tax".

[4][3] The town was founded by Diaba Lompo as Bingo at the beginning of the 13th century.

[3] In the 16th and 17th centuries it was the capital of a Gourmantché state that frequently warred with the Songhai Empire.