Ouagadougou
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Ouagadougou is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso, serving as its political, economic, and cultural center in the Sahel region.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Etoile Filante de Ouagadougou | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
capital city
ⓘ
city ⓘ |
| KöppenClimateClassification | Aw ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Ouaga ⓘ |
| airport | Ouagadougou Airport ⓘ |
| capitalOf | Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | tropical wet and dry climate ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| coordinateLatitude | 12.3686 ⓘ |
| coordinateLongitude | -1.5275 ⓘ |
| country | Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currency | West African CFA franc ⓘ |
| demographics | ethnically diverse population ⓘ |
| drainageBasin |
Oti River basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Nakambe (White Volta) basin
|
| feature |
administrative subdivisions called arrondissements
ⓘ
rapid urbanization ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasFestival | Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou ⓘ |
| hasRole |
national capital
ⓘ
regional hub ⓘ |
| hasSportsClub |
ASFA Yennenga
ⓘ
Ouagadougou self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Etoile Filante de Ouagadougou
|
| hasUniversity | University Joseph Ki-Zerbo ⓘ |
| hosts |
foreign embassies in Burkina Faso
ⓘ
national government institutions of Burkina Faso ⓘ |
| isCulturalCenterOf | Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isEconomicCenterOf | Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPoliticalCenterOf | Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| largestCityOf | Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| localLanguage | Mooré ⓘ |
| locatedIn | central Burkina Faso ⓘ |
| majorReligion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ |
| nationalTelephoneCode | +226 ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | French ⓘ |
| population | over 2,000,000 ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivities |
administration
ⓘ
commerce ⓘ services ⓘ |
| railConnection | railway to Abidjan ⓘ |
| region | Sahel ⓘ |
| roadDistanceTo |
about 1,000 km to Abidjan
ⓘ
about 1,000 km to Accra ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Greenwich Mean Time
ⓘ
UTC+0 ⓘ |
| transportInfrastructure | road network hub in Burkina Faso ⓘ |
| urbanAreaType | metropolitan area ⓘ |
| urbanPlanningFeature | sectors and neighborhoods ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Etoile Filante de Ouagadougou