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Geography | Capital of Burkina Faso. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The city is roughly in the centre of the country (12.4° N 1.5° W). The city has only limited industry, mainly in food processing and textiles. There is a international airport, a rail link to Abidjan in the Côte d'Ivoire, and road links with Niamey, Niger. The University of Ouagadougou, founded in 1974 (or 1969), was the country's first institution of higher education. The city has few modern buildings, excepting the headquarters of the West African Central Bank, and the old Central Mosque remains one of the tallest and most significant buildings. The city hosts the annual FESPACO African film festival and is the site of one of the largest markets in West Africa. Other significant structures include the Moro-Naba Palace.
Ouagadougou was a state founded in the 11th century, the central settlement was called Kombemtinga, it became capital of the Mossi empire in 1441. The state grouped with three others into French colony of Upper Volta (Haute Volta) in 1919 with Komemtinga, renamed Ouagadougou, as the capital following on the French capture of the area in 1896. Ouagadougou became the capital city of the independent Republic of Upper Volta in 1960, renamed Burkina Faso in 1984.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ouagadougou."
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Movie/TV Titles | Ouaga deux roues Ouagadougou (1985) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | At the Ouagadougou Hospital rehydration fluids are administered to a child ... / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by E. Mandelmann.. |
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Civil Liberties | Burkina Faso | Almost all the refugees and applicants live in Ouagadougou. (references) |
Burkina Faso | In 2000 professors and students at the University of Ouagadougou claimed that government-proposed changes at the University infringed on academic freedom. (references) | |
Burkina Faso | However, in previous years, university students in Ouagadougou and high school students across the country held strikes, usually to protest government education policy or demand better school conditions. (references) | |
Economic History | Burkina Faso | The U.S. embassy in Burkina Faso is located on 602 Avenue Raoul Follereau in Ouagadougou. (references) |
Burkina Faso | Predominantly farmers, the Mossi kingdom is still led by the Mogho Naba, whose court is in Ouagadougou. (references) | |
Burkina Faso | The University of Ouagadougou, founded in 1974, was the country's first institution of higher education. (references) | |
Human Rights | Burkina Faso | On September 18 in Ouagadougou, Presidential Guard Sergeant Momouni Koueba shot and killed truck driver Daouda Ouedraogo during a private dispute. (references) |
Burkina Faso | There are credible reports that officials at the Ouagadougou House of Arrest and Correction (MACO) prison continued to employ degrading treatment subjecting prisoners to overcrowded, unsanitary conditions and providing inadequate food. (references) | |
Burkina Faso | In December approximately 10,000 persons demonstrated peacefully in Ouagadougou to mark the third anniversary of the Zongo killings and called on the Government to investigate the case and more vigorously prosecute the killers of Zongo and his companions. (references) | |
Travel | Cote D'ivoire | There is an external rail line that runs to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, approximately 1,025 miles from Abidjan. (references) |
Worker Rights | Burkina Faso | In an official note delivered to foreign missions resident in Ouagadougou, the Government reaffirmed its commitment to conventions protecting children's rights and to international principles and standards of child protection. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ouagadougou burkina faso | 64 |
ouagadougou | 31 |
lyon ouagadougou vol | 6 |
air ticket ouagadougou | 6 |
aereo biglietto ouagadougou | 4 |
ouagadougou hotel | 3 |
avion billet ouagadougou | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "OUAGADOUGOU"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Ouagadougou. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Ouagadougou. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Ouagadougou. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Ouagadougou. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ouagadougou. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Ουαγκαντούγκου. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Ouagadougou. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ouagadougouay Uagadugu. (various references) Uagadugú. (various references) Ouagadougou. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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