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Burkina Faso is characterized by the savanna in the south and the desert in the north. However, the Sahara keeps moving further south. Touring through the African country is a superb desert adventure. Very interesting are the Dogon villages in the Gondo plains or the mosque at Koro.
The quietness of the country is a contrast to the city life. Ouagadougou, the capitol, is located on the Mossi plateau. The town is actually a conglomerate of several villages, but nevertheless Ouagadougou is a typical African town. It has a boulevard (called Champs-Elysées), a mosque, a central market place and several hundred smaller ones. All of this is embedded into an ocean of mud and corrugated-iron huts.
Mogho Naaba’s palace is another interesting place to visit. He is called the Kaiser of Mossi and is the true ruler of Ouagadougou because he holds all religious powers. Foreigners are invited to join the ceremony on every Friday between 7.30 and 8.00 a.m. Bobo-Dioulasso is Burkina Faso’s second largest city. Bobo is located in the “green” southwest of the country. It is a crossway of many trading roads which lead to the Ivory Coast or Mali.
Some geography:
Burkina Faso stretches across an area of 274,000 square kilometers and has 11 million inhabitants. Language of the country is French, but several other tongues are spoken, like Mooré, Djoula and Fulfulde. 50 percent of the inhabitants are Muslims and about 40 percent followers of traditional African religions. Citizen of Burkina Faso celebrate their national holiday on December 11th. On that day in 1958 the Republic was declared. |
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