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Ouagadougou or Wagadugu[2] (/ ˌwɑːɡəˈduːɡuː /, Mossi: [ˈwɔɣədəɣʊ], French: [waɡaduɡu]) is the capital of Burkina Faso, [3] and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. [1] The city's name is often shortened to ...
The International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering ( 2iE) is a higher education and research institute, a member of the Conférence des grandes écoles (CGE), [ 1] based in Burkina Faso. Specializing in water, energy, environment, civil engineering, and mining, its engineering degrees have been accredited by the French ...
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 ...
Source Statistic. [1] Ouagadougou Airport (IATA: OUA, ICAO: DFFD), officially Thomas Sankara International Airport Ouagadougou, is an international airport in the center of the capital city of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. It was built in the 1960s, and it is approximately 1.5 kilometres (1 mi) southeast of the main commercial area.
The Alliance of Sahel States (AES/ASS [4] [5] [6] [a]) is a confederation [9] formed between Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso.It originated as a mutual defense pact created on 16 September 2023 following the 2023 Nigerien crisis, in which the West African political bloc ECOWAS threatened to intervene militarily to restore civilian rule after a coup in Niger earlier that year.
Place Memorial aux Heros Nationaux in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, West-Afrika. Gedenkstätte für die Erinnerung an die Nationalhelden und den Geist des Kampfes des Volkes. Dem Denkmal liegt die expressive Symbolik zweier Kalebassen zugrunde, die von vier ca. 50 m hohen Pylonen geschützt werden. Es ist von Grünflächen umgeben.
Burkina Faso is largely wild bush country with a mixture of grass and small trees in varying proportions. The savanna region is mainly grassland in the rainy season and semi desert during the harmattan period (defined as the period when stormy and dusty Sahara winds blow dry and hot). Fauna, one of the most diverse in West Africa, includes the ...
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.