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Europe, Africa and the Near East in 1200, showing the Kingdom of Wagadugu (in West Africa, just to the right of the area labeled '25') and its neighbors.. Ouagadougou was founded in the 11th century, being originally called Kumbee-Tenga which means "the land of princes".
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 ...
Contents. Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso, [ a ] officially the People's Republic of Burkina Faso, [ 14 ] is a landlocked country in West Africa, [ 6 ] bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km 2 (105,878 sq mi).
2024 Barsalogho attack. An attack on 24 August 2024 by Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) terrorists, an al-Qaeda -linked jihadist organization, killed hundreds of soldiers of the Burkina Faso Armed Forces, as well as civilians who were digging defensive trenches [3] in the Barsalogho Department of northern Burkina Faso. The attack is ...
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.
Main entrance of the 2iE Foundation in Ouagadougou. 2iE is an international association recognized as a public utility, created on February 22, 2007 [6] and governed by the law of December 15, 1992. [7] The 2iE Foundation benefits from a headquarters agreement [c] with Burkina Faso, granting it diplomatic status.
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.
It is a World Heritage Site. From medieval times until the end of the 19th century, the central region of present-day Burkina Faso was ruled by the Mossi people, descendants of warriors of the Dagomba people of present-day Ghana, who mixed with Mandé and other local peoples in the 11th century.