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Burkina Faso       LUcat Search catalogue 294902910

STA
Approved

UPD
2012-03-23

DUT
Burkina Faso

IND
2

PPN
294902910

UDC
(662.5)

SN
Formerly the French colony (later an Overseas Territory) of Upper Volta, one of the territorial divisions of the federation of French West Africa. Full independence was achieved on 5 August 1960. On 3 August 1984, the (Republic of) Upper Volta was renamed Burkina (Faso) (Kirchherr, 1987).

MRF
(662.5)

BT1
West Africa

UF
Burkina
Upper Volta

RT
Burkinabe
Burkinabe languages
Burkinabe peoples
Burkinabe political parties
Burkinabe polities

BSO
01.02.01 AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND REGIONS



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