Ouagadougou

Ouagadougou
City
Ouagadougou skyline
Flag
Nickname:  Ouaga
Ouagadougou Location within Burkina Faso Show map of Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Ouagadougou (Africa) Show map of Africa
Coordinates: 12°22′N 1°32′W
Country	Burkina Faso
Region	Centre Region
Province	Kadiogo
Government
• Mayor	Armand Béouindé (since 2016)
Area
• City	219.3 km^2 (84.7 sq mi)
• Metro	2,805 km^2 (1,083 sq mi)
Elevation	305 m (1,001 ft)
Population  (2015)[1]
• City	2,200,000
• Density	6,727/km^2 (17,420/sq mi)
• Metro	2,500,000
Time zone	UTC
Area code	+226
Climate	BSh
Website	www.mairie-ouaga.bf

Ouagadougou^[2] (/ˌwɑːɡəˈduːɡuː/, is the capital of Burkina Faso.^[3] It is also the country's biggest city. In Ouagadougou, people mainly make clothing and food. Ouagadougou's mayor is chosen every five years. Ouagadougou is near the equator. It is always warm. In Ouagadougou, people speak French. Ouagadougou is one of the poorest cities in Africa. Almost 70% of its people can not read or write^[4] but the city has ten universities.

Economy

Informal trade is widespread in the streets.^[5]

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Terrorism

Jihadist insurgents carried out major attacks in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Ouagadougou is twinned with following cities:

Quebec City, Canada Lyon, France[6] Grenoble, France Turin, Italy Kumasi, Ghana

San Miniato, Italy Briton Ferry, Wales Leuze-en-Hainaut, Belgium Ankara, Turkey Kuwait City, Kuwait Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan)[7][8]

References

1. "World Gazetteer". Archived from the original on 11 January 2013.
2. "Ouagadougou | Facts & History". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
3. "Bienvenue sur le site Officiel du Premier Ministère du Burkina Faso". www.gouvernement.gov.bf. Archived from the original on 15 September 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
4. "Reuters AlertNet". Archived from the original on 2007-08-31. Retrieved 2007-06-03.
5. Nancy Benjamin, Ahmadou Aly Mbaye, The Informal Sector in Francophone Africa: Firm Size, Productivity, and Institutions, World Bank Publications, 2012
6. "Partner Cities of Lyon and Greater Lyon". 2008 Mairie de Lyon. Archived from the original on 19 July 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
7. Ouagadougou and Taipei establish sister cities link Archived 3 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine
8. "Taipei – International Sister Cities". Taipei City Council. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2013-08-23.

Other websites

• Official website of the government of Ouagadougou (in French)
• The plan of Ouagdougou
• Falling Rain Genomics: World Index, and other pages