Dourtenga

Dourtenga lies south of Lalgaye in the country between Tenkodogo and the eastern savanna. Local tradition attributes the village’s foundation to Naaba Segda, who left Pihitenga after a dispute over succession with his elder brother. He settled on higher ground, giving the place its name, explained as “land on the heights” in the Yana language. The chiefly office passed through his family, preserving the memory of the separation that brought the settlement into being.