Lake Tengrela

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| basin_countries = Burkina Faso

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| pushpin_map_alt = Location of Lake Tengrela in Burkina Faso.

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| designation1 = Ramsar

| designation1_offname = Lac de Tingrela

| designation1_date = 7 October 2009

| designation1_number = 1881{{Cite web|title=Lac de Tingrela|website=Ramsar Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1881|accessdate=25 April 2018}}}}

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Lake Tengrela is a small lake near Banfora in Burkina Faso. It is known for its hippopotamuses. Locals believe that these hippopotamuses do not attack humans because they are sacred hippopotamuses. Crocodiles are almost never seen in this lake. It is 2 km long and 1.5 km wide.{{Cite book

| last = Mepham

| first = Robert

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|author2=R. H. Hughes |author3=J. S. Hughes

| title = A directory of African wetlands

| publisher = IUCN

| year = 1992

| pages = 316

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=VLjafeXa3gMC&pg=PA316

| isbn =2-88032-949-3 }}