Namssiguia

Namssiguia
Namssiguia Location in Burkina Faso
Coordinates: 13°50′N1°36′W / 13.833°N 1.600°W / 13.833; -1.600
Country	Burkina Faso
Region	Centre-Nord Region
Province	Bam Province
Department	Bourzanga Department
Population  (2019)
• Total	6,759
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT 0)

Namssiguia is a town in the Bourzanga Department of Bam Province in northern Burkina Faso. ^[1]

Population

Year	Pop.	±%
2006 [2]	3,163	—
2019 [3]	6,759	+113.7%

Jihadist Insurgency

The town has been a hotspot during the Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso, with multiple recorded attacks occurring around the town. On 15 January 2022, Islamist militants killed looted the town, killing ten people. ^[4] Since the siege of Djibo, the town has been regularly targeted by IED attacks due to its location on the N22 highway linking Djibo to the rest of the country. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. Burkinabé government inforoute communale Archived 2007-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
2. "List of villages from 2006 Burkina Faso census".
3. Fichier des localités du 5e RGPH (PDF) (in French). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (Burkina Faso). June 2022. pp. 106–115.
4. "Burkina attack kills around 10 civilians". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2022-01-16. Archived from the original on 2022-01-16. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
5. Rau, Cara (2 July 2023). "TRAC Incident Report: Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wa al-Muslimin(JNIM) Militants Ambush Supply Convoy, 100 Killed and 20 Missing, on the N22 Between Namssiguia and Bourzanga, Soum Province, Burkina Faso". TracTerrorism. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
6. Ganino, Paolo (21 September 2025). "TRAC Incident Report: Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) Militants Target a Burkinabe Army Convoy with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Namssiguia, Bourzanga Department, Bam Province, Burkina Faso". Tracterrorism. Retrieved 18 October 2025.