Timeline of Ouagadougou

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

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Prior to 20th century

20th century

View of Ouagadougou, 1970s COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een man op de fiets in de straten van Ouagadougou achter hem marktwaar dat hangend aan fietsen is uitgestald TMnr 20010507.jpg
View of Ouagadougou, 1970s

21st century

Aerial view of Ouagadougou, 2007 Ouaga aerial view.jpg
Aerial view of Ouagadougou, 2007

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Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,878 sq mi), 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. As of 2021, the country had an estimated population of 23,674,480. Previously called the Republic of Upper Volta (1958–1984), it was renamed Burkina Faso by President Thomas Sankara. Its citizens are known as Burkinabè, and its capital and largest city is Ouagadougou.

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  4. ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966. pp. 140–161. Upper Volta
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  9. ↑ United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321.{{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  10. ↑ "Burkina Faso: Directory". Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN   1857431839.
  11. ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2004. United Nations Statistics Division.
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  13. ↑ "Burkina Faso Profile: Timeline". BBC News . 13 April 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  14. ↑ "Mairie centrale de Ouagadougou: Armand Béouindé installé dans ses fonctions", Le Pays (in French), Ouagadougou, 1 July 2016

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