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Ouagadougou or Wagadugu [2] (/ ˌ w ɑː ɡ ə ˈ d uː ɡ uː /, Mossi: Waogdgo Mossi: [ˈwɔɣədəɣʊ], Dyula: Wagadugu, French: Ouagadougou French:) is the capital of Burkina Faso, [3] and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic centre of the nation.
In 2009, Burkina Faso spent 0.20% of GDP on research and development (R&D), one of the lowest ratios in West Africa. There were 48 researchers (in full-time equivalents) per million inhabitants in 2010, which is more than twice the average for sub-Saharan Africa (20 per million population in 2013) and higher than the ratio for Ghana and Nigeria ...
Module:Location map/data/Burkina Faso is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Burkina Faso. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
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
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 ...
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.
Köppen climate classification map of Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso has a primarily tropical climate with two very distinct seasons. In the rainy season, the country receives between 600 and 900 millimetres (23.6 and 35.4 in) of rainfall; in the dry season, the harmattan – a hot dry wind from the Sahara – blows. The rainy season lasts ...
Centre-Ouest ([sɑ̃tʁ.wɛst], "West Central") is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. The population of Centre-Ouest was 1,659,339 in 2019. [1] The region's capital is Koudougou. Four provinces (Boulkiemdé, Sanguié, Sissili, and Ziro) make up the region. As of 2019, the population of the region was 1,659,339 with 53.7% females.