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 Burkina Faso - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
The inhabitants of Burkina Faso are known as Burkinabé.
Burkina Faso was an important economic region for the Songhai Empire during the 15th and 16th centuries.
Burkina Faso has a primarily tropical climate with two very distinct seasons: the rainy season with between 600 and 900 mm (24-35 inches) of rainfall, and the dry season during which the harmattan blows, a hot dry wind from the Sahara.
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 ipedia.com: Burkina Faso Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Formerly called Upper Volta, it was renamed in 1984 by President Thomas Sankara to mean "the land of upright people" in Mossi and Dyula, the major native languages of the country.
Burkina Faso was colonised in the 1890s by France, defeating the native Mossi.
It was originally administered as part of CĂ´te d'Ivoire colony, but became a separate colony in 1919, then was later stripped of that status.
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