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Ouagadougou or Wagadugu [2] ( / ˌwɑːɡəˈduːɡuː / WAH-gə-DOO-goo, Mossi: [ˈwɔɣədəɣʊ], French: [waɡaduɡu]) is the capital of Burkina Faso, [3] and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. [1]
Burkina Faso [a] is a landlocked country in West Africa. It covers an area of 274,223 km 2 (105,878 sq mi), [5] bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. As of 2021, the country had an estimated population of 23,674,480. [12]
Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) is a landlocked Sahel country that shares borders with six nations. It lies between the Sahara desert and the Gulf of Guinea, south of the loop of the Niger River, mostly between latitudes 9° and 15°N (a small area is north of 15°), and longitudes 6°W and 3°E. The land is green in the south, with forests ...
The Republic of Upper Volta ( French: République de Haute-Volta) was a landlocked West African country established on 11 December 1958 as a self-governing state within the French Community. [2] [3] Before becoming autonomous, it had been part of the French Union as the French Upper Volta. On 5 August 1960, it gained full independence from ...
Map of Burkina Faso. This is a list of cities and towns in Burkina Faso. List ... Ouagadougou (Capital) Ouaga 2000; Ouahigouya; Ouaongtenga; Ouargaye; Paglayiri; Pama;
Website. bobodioulasso.net. Bobo-Dioulasso is a city in Burkina Faso with a population of 1,129,000 (as of 2023 ); [1] it is the second-largest city in the country, after Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital. The name means "home of the Bobo - Dioula ". The local Bobo -speaking population (related to the Mande) refers to the city simply as Sia.
Burkina Faso is a multilingual country. An estimated 70 languages are spoken there, of which about 66 are indigenous. [ 1] Mooré is spoken by about 52.5% of the population, mainly in the central region around the capital, Ouagadougou . In the west, Mande languages are widely spoken, the most predominant being Dyula (also spelled Jula or Dioula ...
Yatenga Province. Yatenga is one of the provinces of Burkina Faso, located in the Nord Region of the country. In modern Yatenga, the most prominent city is Ouahigouya (also known as Waiguya). This city served as the capital of the kingdom of Yatenga, [2] a powerful kingdom out of the many Mossi kingdoms, but its influence decreased in the ...