Burkina Faso

State · 1961–2026 CE · at its largest around 1961 CE

A landlocked West African country, formerly the French colony of Upper Volta, which gained independence in 1960. Thomas Sankara renamed it Burkina Faso, meaning roughly land of upright people, in 1984.

On its lands while it lasted

• Niamey (c. 1961 CE): Capital of Republic of the Niger (1961–today).

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