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unusual facts about Gando, Burkina Faso



2007 Libyan Al-Fatih Cup Final

The game was close, but Al Ittihad won 1-0, thanks to a 53rd minute goal from Burkinabé striker Pan Pierre Koulibaly.

Abdel Sattar Sabry

He was part of the gold medal-winning side in the 1995 All-Africa Games, and featured in the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations squad which finished champion in Burkina Faso, winning 70 full caps in only six years of international play and scoring 11 goals.

Abderrahmane Diarra

Abdramane Ladji Diarra (born July 9, 1988 in Bobo-Dioulasso) is an Burkinabe football player.

Adama Guira

Adama Guira (born 24 April 1988) is a Burkinabé international footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Danish Superliga side SønderjyskE

Adama Ouedraogo

Adama Ouédraogo (born 3 April 1987 in Yopougon, Côte d'Ivoire) is a Burkinabé swimmer who is specializing in freestyle.

Air Burkina

Air Burkina SA is the national airline of Burkina Faso, operating scheduled services to one domestic destination, Bobo-Dioulasso, as well as regional services to Togo, Benin, Mali, Niger, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana.

Amadou Coulibaly

Amadou Tinder Coulibaly (born December 31, 1984 in Bobo-Dioulasso) is a Burkinabé football player who currently plays as a right back.

Amadou Koné

Amadou Koné was born in May 1953 in the small village of Tangora in the circle of Banfora, today Burkina Faso.

Apigeninidin

Projects in Burkina Faso have been led in 1994 to use a red desoxy-3-anthocyanin pigment identified as apigenindin from Sorghum in the dyeing industry.

ASEC Koudougou

Association Sportive des Employés et Commerçants de Koudougou is a Burkinabé football club based in Koudougou.

Bassemkoukouri

Bassemkoukouri (or Bassomkoukouri) is a village in the Kogho Department of Ganzourgou Province in central Burkina Faso.

Batto

Batto is a town in the Boussouma Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso.

Bil Aka Kora

Bilgho Akaramata Kora, also known as Bil Aka Kora (born April 25, 1971, , Burkina Faso) is a musician.

Boussouma-Peulh

Boussouma-Peulh is a town in the Boussouma Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso.

Boussouma, Boulgou

Boussouma is a town in, and capital of, the Boussouma Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso.

Culture of Burkina Faso

The Popular Theatre in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, is a center of social and cultural events for the country.

Dango, Burkina Faso

Dango, Burkina Faso is a town in the Boussouma Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso.

Dierma

Dierma is a town in the Boussouma Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso.

Frédéric Guirma

Frédéric Fernand Guirma (born 27 April 1931, Ouagadougou) is a diplomat, writer and politician from Burkina Faso.

Gando, Burkina Faso

The village became famous in 2004, when the architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, originating from Gando and living in Germany, received the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the construction of the Gando primary school.

Gee Bayss

With respect, since 2002, Gee Bayss is one of the regular participants invited to the international festival Waga Hip hop in (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso) to give workshops in turntablism He also participated to the artistic residency of vocal music, "Waka Tibio", which took place during the 2008 and 2009 editions of the festival.

Gérard Kango Ouédraogo

Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (born Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso 19 September 1925) served as Prime Minister of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) from 13 February 1971 to 8 February 1974.

Goa, Burkina Faso

Goa is a village in the province of Nayala in Burkina Faso.

Goussi

Goussi is a village in the province of Nayala in Burkina Faso.

Hermann Yaméogo

Hermann Yaméogo (born August 27, 1948, Koudougou) is a Burkinabé politician and leader of the National Union for Democracy and Development (UNDD).

Ibn Farrukh

He sailed from Kadesh in February 999 CE into the Atlantic, landed in Gando (Gran Canaria) visiting King Guanariga, and continued westward where he saw and named two islands, Capraria and Pluitana.

Ibrahim Spahic

He has performed on behalf of the IPU Conference in Berlin, Jakarta, Amman, Burkina Faso, then to Paris, London, Bled, Ohrid and other bilateral and multilatelarnim meetings of parliamentarians.

Jonathan Sundy Zongo

Jonathan Sundy Zongo (born 2 December 1992 in Ouagadougou) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays for UD Almería in Spain, as a winger or forward.

Joris Putman

From the age of three months until he was nine he and his parents lived out of Europe, firstly in Burkina Faso, West Africa, later in Bangkok, and from 1990 in Semarang in Indonesia, before returning to the Netherlands in 1993.

Koumbore

Koumbore is a town in the Boussouma Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso.

Lengha

Lengha is a town in the Boussouma Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso.

Lengha-Peulh

Lengha-Peulh is a town in the Boussouma Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso.

Maninidra

Maninidra was the mastermind and executor of the destruction of the Spanish fort at Gando.

Musée de Manega

Musée de Manega or Manega Museum is a museum located 55 km (34 mi) northwest of the city Ouagadougou, in the village of Manega, Burkina Faso.

Niger Basin Authority

Nine nations which include part of the Niger Basin are members: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger and Nigeria.

Nouna

Nouna is a town of about 20,000 inhabitants located in the Province of Kossi in Burkina Faso.

Patricia McMahon Hawkins

She subsequently served as Information Officer in Kinshasa, Zaire, as Public Affairs Officer in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, as Cultural Affairs Officer in Bogotá, Colombia, as Counselor for Public Affairs in Abidjan, Cộte d'Ivoire, where she also served briefly as Acting DCM and then for several months as Chargé d'affaires.

Patrick Phiri

He was part of Brian Tiler’s squad at CAN 1978 and scored the first goal in Zambia’s 2-0 victory over Upper Volta (Burkina Faso).

Red Volta

The Red Volta is a river that flows through the Upper East region of North Ghana and the international border of North Ghana flowing about 320 km to join the White Volta in the Upper East region of North Ghana and arising in Burkina Faso.

Saaba

Saaba is a town in the Boussouma Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso.

Saïdou Panandétiguiri

Saïdou Madi Panandétiguiri (born 22 March 1984 in Ouahigouya) is a Burkinabé footballer who currently plays for Chippa United.

Saregou

Saregou is a town in the Boussouma Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso.

Tougan

Tougan is a town located in the province of Sourou in Burkina Faso.

Visa requirements for Slovenian citizens

Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia require all incoming passengers to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination.

Wogodogo Monarchy

The Wogodogo Monarchy is a traditional state in Burkina Faso.

Zabga

Zabga is a town in the Boussouma Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso.

Zarma people

While Dosso fell under the control of the Amir of Gando (a sub division of Sokoto) between 1849 and 1856, they retained their Zarmakoy and the nominal rule of a much larger Zarma territory, and were converted to Islam.

Zouma, Burkina Faso

Zouma is a village in the province of Nayala in Burkina Faso.


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