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	Upper Volta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The French colony of Upper Volta was established on March 1, 1919 with its current boundaries from what had been administered as part of Côte d'Ivoire colony.
		However, on September 5, 1932, Upper Volta was broken apart, with parts being administered by the colonies of Côte d’Ivoire, French Sudan (present day Mali), and Niger.
		The colony was revived with the previous boundaries on September 4, 1947.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Upper_Volta (344 words)

	Upper Volta (Burkina Faso, 1959-1984) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The perfect similarity between the Upper Volta flag and the former German Empire flag (except the 2:3 vs. 3:5 proportion) is a pure coincidence.
		According to Cochrane and Elliott, 1998 [cos98], the Upper Volta AF used since 1963 a fl-white-red roundel.
		According to Cochrane and Elliott, 1998 [cos98], the Upper Volta AF used since 1963 a the national flag as fin flash.
	www.fotw.net /flags/bf_uv.html (144 words)

	Chapter 8 - Upper Volta
		The Republic of Upper Volta is a landlocked country in West Africa surrounded by Mali to the north and west, Niger to the east and Benin, Togo, Ghana and the Ivory Coast to the south.
		The Méré of Upper Volta resemble the Baoulé of Ivory Coast (see Chapter 3, volume 1), though according to Tyc and Legrand (1972) the Méré tend to be smaller in Banfora ORD in the south.
		In Upper Volta, the Zebu are of the Sudanese Fulani Zebu breed.
	www.fao.org /Wairdocs/ILRI/x5537E/x5537e09.htm (3813 words)

	Party politics in Upper Volta, 1950-1962 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The land now known as Upper Volta was traditionally dominated by the powerful Mossi tribe, who successfully resisted being conquered by Muslim invaders and preserved their animist beliefs although surrounded by Muslim influences.
		Although Upper Volta displayed a kaleidoscope of party activity from 1950 to 1962, only one party maintained its dominant position after 1962, but it did so again in a context of challenges from other parties and interruptions of civilian government by military takeovers.
		Its name was changed to the Voltaic Progressive Union (UPV) in 1977 in preparation for the 1978 elections, when it won 16 percent of the seats and qualified as the third legitimate party in the nation.
	www.janda.org /ICPP/ICPP1980/Book/PART2/8-WestAfrica/87-UpperVolta/UpperVolta.htm (816 words)

	Burkino History
		In 1932, the new colony was dismembered in a move to economize; it was reconstituted in 1937 as an administrative division called the Upper Coast.
		Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French community on December 11, 1958.
		On August 4, 1984, Upper Volta changed its name to Burkina Faso, meaning "the country of honorable people." Sankara, a charismatic leader, sought by word, deed, and example to mobilize the masses and launch a massive bootstrap development movement.
	www.multied.com /NationbyNation/Burkino/History1.html (943 words)

	Cascon Case GUV: Ghana-Upper Volta 1964-66 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Under President Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana early in 1963 allegedly built a school, with a lead-in road, in an area claimed by Upper Volta.
		At OCAM's founding in February 1965 these charges led to a strong condemnation of Ghanian support for subversion and a decision of members neighboring Ghana to boycott the forthcoming OAU summit meeting in the Ghanain capital, Accra.
		A border agreement in principle with Upper Volta was reached in June 1966, and a commercial accord followed in 1967.
	web.mit.edu /cascon/cases/case_guv.html (185 words)

	Declaration of the Revolutionary Communist Party of Upper Volta and the Workers' Communist Party of France
		The present revolutionary crisis is characterized by the development of a powerful popular movement in the cities and in the countryside that involves all the popular strata (workers, pupils in primary and secondary schools, university students, employees, women, youth, merchants, artisans and peasants) against impunity, for political liberties, independence and true progress.
		Clearly, for French imperialism, the people of Upper Volta, as well as the other peoples of Africa, are not ready for democracy, as Jacques Chirac had declared during on of his trips to the Ivory Coast.
		The attitude of French imperialism to the crisis in Upper Volta called Burkina Faso is directly related to French policy in its colonies and neo-colonies and in particular in its back yard of French-speaking Africa.
	www.revolutionarydemocracy.org /rdv7n1/Volta.htm (1333 words)

	Flag of Upper Volta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The flag of Upper Volta is a horizontal tricolour of fl, white and red which derive from the three main rivers: The Black Volta, White Volta and the Red Volta.
		This flag was adopted when independence from France was given in 1960.
		The flag was changed when Upper Volta became Burkina Faso on 4 August 1984.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flag_of_Upper_Volta (121 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Upper Volta, 1885-1919
		The region which from 1919 to 1984 was known as Upper Volta (in French : Haute Volta) and since 1984 as Burkina Faso had been settled by the MOSSI, whose city states date back into the 12th century.
		In agreements with Germany in 1897 (and again in 1912) and with Britain in 1898 (and again in 1905) the border between the Togo respectively the Gold Coast and the French territory later known as Upper Volta was fixed.
		In 1919, Upper Volta, capital Ouagadougou, was established as a separate colony.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/westafrica/hautevolta18951919.html (351 words)

	Spotlight on Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Republic of Upper Volta is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its compulsory military service.
		Upper Volta's national animal is the elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Xof.
		Upper Volta is ranked 35th in the region and 21,495th in the world for Highest Police Ratios.
	www.nationstates.net /cgi-bin/index.cgi/pin=76767625/page=display_nation/nation=upper_volta (203 words)

	Unasylva - No. 133 - Wood energy - Special edition 2 - Women and the energy crisis in the Sahel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This article was taken from a paper she gave at a Seminar on Fuel and Energy Development for African Women in Rural Areas in December 1980 in Bamako, Mali, sponsored by FAO and the UN Economic Commission for Africa.
		In Volta Noire it seems that cow dung is not used at all for preparing meals but is used for baking pottery.
		However, it is essential to familiarize the women and other members of the household with the use of gas and its related equipment before its introduction on such a wide scale, for the safety of the users depends on such education.
	www.fao.org /docrep/p3350e/p3350e02.htm (4069 words)

	Africa Conference 2006
		During the colonial era, Upper Volta was considered to be a "manpower reservoir".
		In spite of the reforms that were introduced, the demographic balance in Upper Volta seemed at risk as evidenced by increased morbidity and mortality rates among workers in the colony.
		Better still; a big portion of Upper Volta colony dismembered in 1932 was attached to the territory of Côte-d’Ivoire.
	www.utexas.edu /conferences/africa/2006/panelist/mande.htm (436 words)

	FACT SHEET: Burkina Faso at a Glance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bits of Upper Volta were given away to Mali, Niger and Côte d'Ivoire with all the sang-froid of a generous thief.
		The final nail in the coffin was the forcing of natives from Upper Volta to work on French plantations in neighboring Côte d'Ivoire.
		When outright colonization finally started to lose its appeal in the middle of the 20th century, Upper Volta was one of the most vocal in calling for the return of independence.
	deploymentlink.osd.mil /deploy/info/africa/burkina_faso/index.shtml (805 words)

	Discover Burkina Faso
		It is only at the end of the 19th century that the territory of the Upper Volta became a disputed target of the colonial powers of France, Great Britain, and Germany.
		On December 11th, 1958, the Republic of Upper Volta is declared and its independence asserted on August 5th, 1960.
		It later became the capital of the territory of Upper Volta from 1919 to 1932 and from 1947 to 1960 under French colonial rule.
	www.fespaco.bf /burkina_news.htm (1801 words)

	Black Volta River -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		river in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta), Ghana, and Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), headstream of the Volta River in western Africa.
		The lake is formed by the Akosombo Dam (q.v.), which, begun in 1961 and completed in 1965, dammed the Volta River just south of Ajena and created a lake extending upstream from the Akosombo Dam to Yapei, beyond the former confluence of the Black Volta and White Volta rivers.
		The Volta Basin, a vast saucer-shaped plateau averaging from 990 to 1,980 feet (300 to 600 meters) above sea level, occupies the north-central part of the country.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9015518 (732 words)

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		Their main strongholds are the towns of Abesze and Biltine near the Egyptian border (Voltan government believes they may have some Egyptian support), but they also operate in the regions of the towns of Am Timan, Mongo and Um Haxher.
		It is not known why they are separate entities, but Voltan Defence Ministry concludes that they are based on the same ideals since their flags and modi operandi are identical (the ony difference with the flags is that the SAN flag has a green star and crescent, while in the FROLINACZ flag these are fl.
		FROLINACZ operations in the Am Timan-Mongo-Um Haxher region have fallen sharply since the Gabonese Army attacked the FROLINACZ inside Upper Volta (a move which was both welcomed and condemned by the Voltan government) several months ago.
	www.geocities.com /dalmatesku/da6.html (988 words)

	French Colonies - Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)
		Burkina Faso, formerly Upper Volta, is a small, poor, landlocked country in West Africa (see map).
		It is bounded by Niger to the east, Mali to the north and west, and Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Ivory Coast to the south.
		The plateau is drained by the nonnavigable headwaters of the Volta River; these streams are a source of river blindness, a scourge to the inhabitants.
	www.discoverfrance.net /Colonies/Burkina_Faso.shtml (1959 words)

	Upper Volta on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Thomas Stuart Estes, 88; Ambassador to Upper Volta
		Carlin Resources Corp. provides update on its activities on The Volta Diamond Project and the Chickiwere Gold Project in Ghana, West Africa.
		Archive Photos 01-01-1990 BurkinaThe Republic of Burkina, formerly Upper Volta, is located on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-U1pperV1ol.asp (258 words)

	TREATY/BERNE/77: [Berne Convention] Accession of the Republic of the Upper Volta to the Paris Act (1971) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Accession of the Republic of the Upper Volta to the Paris Act (1971)
		Concurrently with depositing the said instrument of accession, the Republic of the Upper Volta indicated, pursuant to Article 25(4)(b), that it wished to belong to Class VII.
		Pursuant to the provisions of Article 29(2)(a), the Paris Act (1971) of the said Convention will enter into force, with respect to the Republic of the Upper Volta, three months after the date of this notification, that is, on January 24, 1976.
	www.wipo.int /edocs/notdocs/en/berne/treaty_berne_77.html (117 words)

	OuagaNet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Prior to 1984, Burkina Faso used to be called Upper Volta (Haute Volta in French).
		Like many other countries in Africa, Upper Volta is a French former colony.
		The name Upper Volta is now relegated to the museum of antiquities along with other relics.
	www.ouaganet.com (794 words)

	Alibris: Volta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		VOLTA: Science and Culture in the Age of Enlightenment
		The ecology of malnutrition in the French speaking countries of West Africa and Madagascar; Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Togo, Dahomey, Cameroon, Niger, Mali, Upper Volta, and Madagascar
		The dynamics of clanship among the Tallensi, being the first part of an analysis of the social structure of a Trans-Volta tribe.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Volta (383 words)

	Red Volta River -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		French Volta Rouge, river in West Africa, rising in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) northwest of Ouagadougou.
		It flows about 200 mi (320 km) south-southeast to join the White Volta (Volta Blanche) near the Gambaga scarp in the Upper Region of Ghana.
		Formerly known as Upper Volta, it was affiliated economically with France, which ruled it for more than 60 years.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9062964 (660 words)

	LICENSE PLATES ON LINE! .... Upper Volta
		Passenger plates were white or silver on fl, in a variety of designs, with the letter B, up to four numbers, the letters HV (for Haute Volta), and a code number - 1 for the capital city, 2 for Bobo Dioulasso, and 3 for all other districts.
		Government vehicles were similar to passenger plates, but the Upper Voltan tri-color crest was on the plate.
		Temporary issues were fl on green, with one letter, four numbers, the letters IT HV, and the city code number.
	www.pl8s.com /u/uppe.htm (141 words)

	MSN Encarta - Archive Article - 1971: Upper Volta
		MSN Encarta - Archive Article - 1971: Upper Volta
		Keeping a promise made five years ago, the military government of President Sangoulé Lamizana turned over substantial power in February to a newly selected civilian government headed by Prime Minister Gerard Kango Ouedraogo.
		The prime minister is the leader of the African Democratic Union of Upper...
	encarta.msn.com /sidebar_1741581255/1971_Upper_Volta.html (165 words)

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	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=upper+volta+...&krd=1 (440 words)

	Amazon.com: Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso (Former Upper Volta): Books: Daniel Miles McFarland,Lawrence Rupley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The change in name from Upper Volta to Burkina Faso has mirrored equally important changes in the country's lifestyle.
		At the same time, the people of Burkina Faso prove to be hard working and resourceful, and have persevered through many harsh conditions, and continue to improve the standard of living in their nation.
		The "Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso" is the second edition of Daniel McFarland's "Historical Dictionary of Upper Volta" from 1978.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0810834057?v=glance (603 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Upper Volta, 1919-1939
		In 1919, the territory of UPPER VOLTA was sepatated from UPPER SENEGAL AND NIGER and made a distinct colony with the capital OUAGADOUGOU.
		A head tax was introduced (1919); Upper Volta was a favourite recruiting area for the French.
		In 1932 the colony was dissolved, partitioned among the IVORY COAST, FRENCH SOUDAN and NIGER; the larger share was integrated into the Ivory Coast as the UPPER IVORY COAST.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/westafrica/hautevolta191939.html (122 words)

	Peace Corps Online \| August 22, 2004: Headlines: COS - Burkina Faso: Obituaries: Scholarships: University at Buffalo: ...
		August 22, 2004: Headlines: COS - Burkina Faso: Obituaries: Scholarships: University at Buffalo: As a recent college graduate, Rutenber joined the Peace Corps and served in Upper Volta (Burkina Faso).
		As a recent college graduate, Rutenber joined the Peace Corps and served in Upper Volta (Burkina Faso).
		Timothy J. Rutenber was the associate vice provost for international education at the University at Buffalo (UB) from 1991-2004.
	peacecorpsonline.org /messages/messages/467/2023194.html (568 words)

	AMNH Scientific Publications: Item 2246/2956
		Taxonomic notes are added where necessary, and the distributional patterns in Upper Volta are considered in relation to the vegetation belts in West Africa.
		All but two species occur in the Sudan savanna, but nearly half of these also occur in the Guinea savanna, to which the two additonal species appear to be confined.
		Whereas 12 species are recorded from Upper Volta for the first time, only two represent significant range extensions: Pipistrellus deserti south from Algeria and Tadarida demonstrator west from Sudan.
	hdl.handle.net /2246/2956 (171 words)

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