Republic of Upper Volta

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Republic_of_Upper_Volta
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:municipality
gptkbp:area 274,200 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Benin
gptkb:Ghana
gptkb:Ivory_Coast
gptkb:Mali
gptkb:Niger
gptkb:Togo
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Ouagadougou
gptkbp:currency gptkb:West_African_CFA_franc
gptkbp:demonym Voltaic
gptkbp:dissolved 1984-08-04
gptkbp:establishedIn 1960-08-05
gptkbp:flag Flag of Upper Volta
gptkbp:formerColonyOf gptkb:France
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:politics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Republic of Upper Volta
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code gptkb:HV
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:West_Africa
gptkbp:motto Unité, Travail, Justice
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:French
gptkbp:populationEstimate 7,000,000 (circa 1983)
gptkbp:president gptkb:Sangoulé_Lamizana
gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Ouédraogo
gptkb:Maurice_Yaméogo
gptkb:Thomas_Sankara
gptkb:Saye_Zerbo
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:Burkina_Faso
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Burkina_Faso
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:French_Upper_Volta
gptkb:First_Republic_of_Upper_Volta
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6