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Upper Volta (now named Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso , also known by its short-form name Burkina, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the south east, Togo and Ghana to the south, and C?te d'Ivoire to the south west....
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Upper Volta (now named Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso , also known by its short-form name Burkina, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the south east, Togo and Ghana to the south, and C?te d'Ivoire to the south west....
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  • French Upper Volta
    French Upper Volta

    Upper Volta was a colony of French Third Republic French West Africaestablished on March 1, 1919 from territories that had been part of the colonies of Upper Senegal and Niger and the C?te d'Ivoire....
     (1919–1932, 1947–1958)
    • a territory in French West Africa (1919–1932)
    • a territory of the French Union (1947–1958)
  • Republic of Upper Volta (1958–1984)
    • a self-governing republic of the French Community (1958–1960)
    • an independent republic (1960–1984)


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  • Burkina Faso
    Burkina Faso

    Burkina Faso , also known by its short-form name Burkina, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the south east, Togo and Ghana to the south, and C?te d'Ivoire to the south west....