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"La Place du Grand Lyon": a monument that reflects the relationship between Burkina Faso's capital and Lyon in France. It is located near the French cultural centre George Melies and features an imposing lion. A zoo called "Parc Animalier de Ziniaré": located 30 km (19 mi) east of the city in the hometown of the former president Blaise Compaoré.
Burkina Faso [a] is a landlocked ... The Mossi people, centrally located around the capital, Ouagadougou, account for 40% of the population while, to the south ...
Ouagadougou, Capital of Burkina Faso Bobo-Dioulasso, the 2nd largest city. ... Here is a list of cities and towns in Burkina Faso by population.
Ouagadougou Airport (IATA: OUA, ICAO: DFFD), officially Thomas Sankara International Airport Ouagadougou, is an international airport in the center of the capital city of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. It was built in the 1960s, and it is approximately 1.5 kilometres (1 mi) southeast of the main commercial area.
Ouagadougou Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Ouagadougou (French: Cathédrale de l'Immaculée-Conception de Ouagadougou) is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ouagadougou in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.
Abidjan–Ouagadougou Railway. The Abidjan-Niger Railway is a 1,260-kilometre (780-mile) single-track metre gauge line in francophone West Africa that links Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast to Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. [1]
[3] [4] It is the most populous and urbanised region in Burkina Faso; in 2019 14.8% of Burkina Faso's population lived in Centre. [5] The region's capital is Ouagadougou, which also serves as the national capital. Centre region consists of only one province, Kadiogo.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso ... City becomes capital of independent Burkina Faso. [7] 1961 Population: 59,126 ...