Ouagadougou
Capital of Burkina Faso
Also known as Kumbee-Tenga · Wagadugu · Ouaga
- Country
- Burkina Faso(since 1984)
- , Mossi Kingdoms(1500–1896)
- , French Sudan(1896–1904)
- +5 more
- Located in
- Ouagadougou Department(since 1998)
- , French Sudan(1896–1904)
- , Upper Senegal and Niger(1904–1919)
- +4 more
- Population
- 2,453,496(2019)
- , 1,626,950(2012)
- , 1,475,223(2006)
- +4 more
- Area
- 219M m²
- Elevation
- 305 m
- Head of government
- Armand Béouindé(since 2016)
- Founded
- 1050
- Postal code
- 10010
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
126 statements · 13% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Taipei(since 2008)
- San Miniato
- Turin(since 2003)
- Grenoble(since 1999)
- Quebec City(since 2000)
- Bordeaux(since 2005)
- Metropolis of Lyon(since 1994)
- Leuze-en-Hainaut(since 1968)
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- Briton Ferry
- Kuwait City(since 1998)
- Douala(since 2012)
- Loudun(since 1967)
- Time of earliest written record
- 14th century
- Native label
- Ouagadougou
- Official name
- Ouagadougou
- Demonym
- Ouagalais applies to part: masculine singular
- Ouagalaise applies to part: feminine singular
- Vagaduguano
- uagadugués applies to part: masculine singular
- uagaduguesa applies to part: feminine singular
- Member of
- Creative Cities Network(since 2017) subject has role: City of Crafts and Folk Art
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- Creative Cities Network(since 2017) subject has role: City of Crafts and Folk Art
- Hashtag
- ouagadougou
- Local dialing code
- 5030 - 5038
On other databases
54 identifiers linking Ouagadougou across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID8407
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlineuagadugu
- BBC Things ID157a2977-5d74-4beb-930d-ea014b5dacc2
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID120054373
- BlackPast.org IDglobal-african-history/places-global-african-history/ouagadougou-burkina-faso-15th-century
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf10422496
- Curlie IDRegional/Africa/Burkina_Faso/Localities/Ouagadougou/
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Ouagadougou
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDouagadougou
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)1yGR0p
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)403719
- Facebook location ID108777539154386
- Facebook usernamemairie.ouagaofficiel
- FactGrid item IDQ1059758
- FAST ID1206241
- France 24 topic ID (French)ouagadougou
- Freebase ID/m/0fjw9
- GeoNames ID2357048
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7000491
- GND ID4044209-3
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDouagadougou
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0048005
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDOuagadougou
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal IDuagadugu-ff99d1
- Gynopedia IDOuagadougou
- Harper's tagouagadougou
- IdRef ID028165179
- J9U entity ID987007550227605171
- Larousse IDville/Ouagadougou/136538
- Lex IDOuagadougou
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79099508
- MusicBrainz area ID29cb6a9c-006b-4d32-bad6-465cafef0571
- National Library of Iceland ID000077243
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000976617
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning638264
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3993367
- Open Library subject IDplace:ouagadougou
- OpenStreetMap node ID27565002
- Quora topic IDOuagadougou-Burkina-Faso
- RKD thesaurus ID46599
- SNARC IDQ1445
- TDV Encyclopedia of Islam IDuagadugu
- Treccani's Dizionario di Storia IDouagadougou
- Tripadvisor ID293769
- U.S. National Archives Identifier10044434
- VIAF cluster ID141842699
- Vikidia article IDes:Uagadugú
- Who's on First ID421168983
- WikiKids IDOuagadougou
- Wikisimpsons article ID50111
- WOEID1461080
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJh4tyKCxtYmpG6yjPvbVC
- Yale LUX IDplace/670ad17a-4327-4ce7-b22f-bea36b9b24e7
- YSO ID508378