Tiébélé Department

Tiébélé (Mossi: Tible) 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.