Tenkodogo is the capital city of Boulgou Province and the Centre-Est Region of Burkina Faso with a population of 61,936 (2019).

[3] On 29 January 2016, the king of Tenkodogo, Naba Saga, died while in Thailand for hospital care.

Companies such as STAF, TSF, TSR, TCV and many more provide multiple daily services to Ouagadougou.

In the period leading up to the 2019 edition of 11 Dècembre festivity, Tenkodogo had a massive improvement to its road network.

Tenkodogo also had the removal of its dirt runway to make way for the 11 Dècembre neighbourhood (colloquially known as "Cité 11 Decémbre") which is full of modern villas and houses.