Ouagadougou or Wagadugu (both: wägəd
`g), city (1991 est. pop. 634,500), capital of Burkina Faso. It is the nation's largest city and its administrative, communications, and economic center. Ouagadougou is also the trade and distribution center for an agricultural region whose main crop is peanuts. The city's industry is limited to handicrafts and the processing of food and beverages. It has an international airport, rail connections with Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, and road links with Niamey, Niger. Ouagadougou was founded in the late 11th cent. as the capital of a Mossi Mossi (mŏs`ē), African people, numbering about 2.5 million, mostly in Burkina Faso. From c.A.D.
..... Click the link for more information. empire ruled by the moro naba [ruler of the world]. It remained a center of Mossi power until 1896, when French forces captured it.
Ouagadougou
`g), city (1991 est. pop. 634,500), capital of Burkina Faso. It is the nation's largest city and its administrative, communications, and economic center. Ouagadougou is also the trade and distribution center for an agricultural region whose main crop is peanuts. The city's industry is limited to handicrafts and the processing of food and beverages. It has an international airport, rail connections with Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, and road links with Niamey, Niger. Ouagadougou was founded in the late 11th cent. as the capital of a Mossi Mossi (mŏs`ē), African people, numbering about 2.5 million, mostly in Burkina Faso. From c.A.D...... Click the link for more information. empire ruled by the moro naba [ruler of the world]. It remained a center of Mossi power until 1896, when French forces captured it.
Ouagadougou
City (pop., 1993 est.: 690,000), capital of Burkina Faso, western Africa. It was the capital of the historic Mossi kingdom of Wagadugu, which was founded in the 15th century. The Mossi king still lives in the city, though his powers have been eclipsed by the French colonial and postindependence administrations. A manufacturing centre, it is the country's largest city and is connected by rail to Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. A biennial film festival, the largest in Africa, is held in the city.
Ouagadougou
the capital of Burkina-Faso, on the central plateau: terminus of the railway from Abidjan (C?te d'Ivoire). Pop.: 870 000 (2005 est.)
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