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Ouagadougou or Wagadugu [2] (/ ˌ w ɑː ɡ ə ˈ d uː ɡ uː /, Mossi: Waogdgo Mossi: [ˈwɔɣədəɣʊ], Dyula: Wagadugu, French: Ouagadougou French:) is the capital of Burkina Faso, [3] and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic centre of the nation.
A Dyula speaker speaking Mooré and Dyula, recorded in Taiwan.. Dyula (or Jula, Dioula, Julakan ߖߎ߬ߟߊ߬ߞߊ߲) is a language of the Mande language family spoken mainly in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Mali, and also in some other countries, including Ghana, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau.
Peul is the lingua franca in many parts of Burkina Faso. [8] It is widely spoken in the north and east of the country as a first language, with 8.36 percent of the population able to speak it. [2] [9] Dyula is also a lingua franca and is widely used as a trading language, particularly in the west and in Bobo-Dioulasso. [2]
Rank City 2019 Census 2012 Estimate [1] Province Region 1 Ouagadougou: 2,453,496: 1,626,951 Kadiogo: Centre: 2 Bobo-Dioulasso: 984,603: 537,728 Houet: Hauts-Bassins
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Centre-Ouest ([sɑ̃tʁ.wɛst], "West Central") is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. The population of Centre-Ouest was 1,659,339 in 2019. [1] The region's capital is Koudougou. Four provinces (Boulkiemdé, Sanguié, Sissili, and Ziro) make up the region. As of 2019, the population of the region was 1,659,339 with 53.7% females.
Ouagadougou International Airport is located in the region and as of June 2014 the airport had regularly scheduled flights to most major cities in West Africa as well as Paris, Brussels and Istanbul. [ 16 ] The total corn produced during 2015 was 47,395 tonnes, cotton was 000 tonnes, cowpea was 14,060 tonnes, ground nut was 9,288 tonnes, millet ...
In 2009, Burkina Faso spent 0.20% of GDP on research and development (R&D), one of the lowest ratios in West Africa. There were 48 researchers (in full-time equivalents) per million inhabitants in 2010, which is more than twice the average for sub-Saharan Africa (20 per million population in 2013) and higher than the ratio for Ghana and Nigeria ...