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Ouagadougou was founded possibly as early as 1050 CE by the Soninke Wangara diaspora from the Ghana Empire, also known as Wagadu. The name Wagadugu means 'home of the Wagu', the Soninke subgroup that ruled Ghana. [4][5] Ouagadougou is a Francophone spelling of this name. The Mossi people, moving north in the 14th century, conquered Wagadugu ...
Map of Burkina Faso. ... Ouagadougou, Capital of Burkina Faso Bobo-Dioulasso, the 2nd largest city ... Here is a list of cities and towns in Burkina Faso by ...
t. e. The regions of Burkina Faso are divided into 45 administrative provinces. [ 1 ][ 2 ] These 45 provinces are currently sub-divided into 351 departments or communes. [ 3 ] Provinces of Burkina Faso with names.
Burkina Faso[a] is a landlocked country in West Africa, [6] 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. It covers an area of 274,223 km 2 (105,878 sq mi). In 2021, the country had an estimated population of approximately 23,674,480. [14]
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 ...
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.
e. Per Law No.40/98/AN in 1998, Burkina Faso adhered to decentralization to provide administrative and financial autonomy to local communities. Most of these, according to their individual articles, were implemented on 2 July 2001. Burkina Faso is divided into 13 administrative regions. Each region is administered by a governor.
Kadiogo Province. Kadiogo is a province of Burkina Faso, located in its Centre Region. Its area is of 2,805 km 2, containing six departments and a population of 3,032,668 (2019). [1] Its capital is also the state capital, Ouagadougou. It features the central plateau of the country. It is highly urbanized and is both the most populated and the ...