Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
(Upper Volta)

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COUNTRY INFORMATION

• Recognized: 1960

• Relations established: 1960

• Legation/embassy established: 1960

• Burkina Faso was known as Upper Volta Until 1984

5 August 1960 Independence
3 January 1966 • Coup d'état
25 November 1980 • Coup d'état
7 November 1982 • Coup d'état
4 August 1983 • Coup d'état

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