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 | | 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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