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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.
Ouagadougou International Airport is located in the region and as of June 2014 the airport had regularly scheduled flights to most major cities in West Africa as well as Paris, Brussels and Istanbul. [ 16 ] The total corn produced during 2015 was 47,395 tonnes, cotton was 000 tonnes, cowpea was 14,060 tonnes, ground nut was 9,288 tonnes, millet ...
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.
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
There is also the International School of Ouagadougou (ISO), an American-based private school located in Ouagadougou. The 2008 UN Development Program Report ranked Burkina Faso as the country with the lowest level of literacy in the world, despite a concerted effort to double its literacy rate from 12.8% in 1990 to 25.3% in 2008. [206]
Kadiogo Department location in the province. ... Ouagadougou (formerly Kadiogo Department) is a department or commune of Kadiogo Province in central Burkina Faso.
This is a list of the extreme points of Burkina Faso, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. Northernmost point – unnamed location on the border with Mali, Sahel Region; Easternmost point – unnamed location on the border with Benin immediately south of the Burkina Faso-Benin-Niger tripoint, Est Region
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