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    Upper Volta (French: Haute-Volta) was a colony of French West Africa established in 1919 in the territory occupied by present-day Burkina Faso. It was...
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    self-governing state within the French Community. Before becoming autonomous, it had been part of the French Union as the French Upper Volta. On 5 August 1960, it...
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    kingdoms, as well as the later French colonisation of the territory and its independence as the Republic of Upper Volta in 1960. Iron production occurred...
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  • Look up Upper Volta in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Upper Volta (now named Burkina Faso) may refer to: French Upper Volta (1919–1932, 1947–1958) a...
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    in West Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea (now Guinea), Ivory Coast, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), Dahomey (now Benin)...
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    of 1983 which brought Thomas Sankara to power. The original flag of Upper Volta, adopted at independence, contained three horizontal stripes of black...
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    Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Upper Volta on 2 January 1956 as part of the wider French elections. The results saw Gérard Kango...
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    Upper Senegal and Niger (French: Haut Sénégal et Niger) was a colony in French West Africa, created on 21 October 1904 from colonial Senegambia and Niger...
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    Republic of Upper Volta gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day. A total of seven people have served as head of state of Upper Volta/Burkina...
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  • Spanish Sahara - Western Sahara Swaziland - Eswatini French Upper Volta - Republic of Upper Volta - Burkina Faso Zaire - Republic of the Congo - Democratic...
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