French Upper Volta

Summary

French Upper Volta is a colony^[1]. It draws 193 Wikipedia views per month (colony category, ranking #60 of 146).^[2]

Key Facts

• French Upper Volta is in the country of France^[3].
• French Upper Volta's continent is recorded as Africa^[4].
• French Upper Volta's instance of is recorded as colony^[5].
• French Upper Volta's capital is recorded as Ouagadougou^[6].
• French Upper Volta's official language is recorded as French^[7].
• French Upper Volta's flag image is recorded as Flag of France.svg^[8].
• French Upper Volta's locator map image is recorded as Haute-Volta (Afrique-Occidentale française).png^[9].
• French Upper Volta's Commons category is recorded as French Upper Volta^[10].
• +1919-03-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of French Upper Volta^[11].
• French Upper Volta was dissolved in +1958-12-11T00:00:00Z^[12].
• French Upper Volta's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 12.368611111111111, 'lon': -1.5274999999999999}^[13].
• French Upper Volta's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03qm5s6^[14].
• French Upper Volta's topic's main category is recorded as Category:French Upper Volta^[15].
• French Upper Volta's territory claimed by is recorded as France^[16].
• French Upper Volta's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[17].
• French Upper Volta's replaces is recorded as Upper Senegal and Niger^[18].
• French Upper Volta's replaced by is recorded as French Sudan^[19].
• French Upper Volta's replaced by is recorded as Republic of Upper Volta^[20].
• French Upper Volta's category for people born here is recorded as Q31898567^[21].
• French Upper Volta's language used is recorded as Gur^[22].
• French Upper Volta's language used is recorded as French^[23].
• French Upper Volta's Lex ID is recorded as Øvre_Volta^[24].
• French Upper Volta's Arab Encyclopedia concept ID is recorded as 12119^[25].

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Geography

French Upper Volta is in the country of France^[3]. Its continent is recorded as Africa^[4].

Designation and Status

French Upper Volta's instance of is recorded as colony^[5].

History and Context

+1919-03-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of French Upper Volta^[11].

Why It Matters

French Upper Volta draws 193 Wikipedia views per month (colony category, ranking #60 of 146).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]