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The 6-metre-high (20 ft) statue faces the railway station, welcoming travellers into Ouaga. The place bears the name of an important chief in Burkina Faso's history. "Laongo": 30 km (19 mi) east of the city, features enormous granite slabs that were designed by various sculptors. The exhibit displays works of art from five continents. [18]
Rank City 2019 Census 2012 Estimate [1] Province Region 1 Ouagadougou: 2,453,496: 1,626,951 Kadiogo: Centre: 2 Bobo-Dioulasso: 984,603: 537,728 Houet: Hauts-Bassins
The National Culture Week of Burkina Faso, better known by its French name La Semaine Nationale de la culture (SNC), is one of the most important cultural activities of Burkina Faso. It is a biennial event which takes place every two years in Bobo Dioulasso, the second-largest city in the country.
Sites of interest to tourists in Ouagadougou include: The Bangr Weogo Urban Park, National Museum of Burkina Faso, [1] the International Art & Craft Fair, and the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou.
Burkina Faso has four national parks: Arli National Park, existing since 1954 (see also Arly-Singou) Deux Balés National Park; Kaboré Tambi National Park (formerly Pô National Park), existing since 1976; W of the Niger National Park, a transfrontier park existing since 1957
The city's full official name is Stołeczne Miasto Poznań ("The Capital City of Poznań"), in reference to its role as a centre of political power in the early Polish state. Poznań is known as Posen in German, and was officially called Haupt- und Residenzstadt Posen ("Capital and Residence City of Poznań") between 20 August 1910 and 28 ...
Arli National Park has several pools, such as Tounga where there is a waterhole and two pools which are often visited by up to twenty hippos. The park was earlier a habitat for the West African wild dog ( Lycaon pictus manguensis ), [ 5 ] although this canid is likely extirpated from the local area due to an expanding human population , and ...
Kaboré Tambi National Park is a national park in Burkina Faso.It is situated between Ouagadougou and the border with Ghana and follows the course of the Nazinon river. Founded in 1976 as Pô National Park, it has been renamed in honor of a park ranger who was killed by poachers in 1991.