Ouagadougou
City
Capital of Burkina Faso and old seat of the Mossi kings.
Held by
- 1896 – October 20, 1904 France
- October 21, 1904 – October 4, 1958 French West Africa
- December 11, 1958 – August 4, 1960 France
- since 1960 Burkina Faso
Capital of
- since 1960 Burkina Faso
Events here 5
- August 4, 1983 1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état
- October 15, 1987 1987 Burkina Faso coup d'état
- January 15–16, 2016 2016 Ouagadougou attacks
- January 23–24, 2022 January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
- September 30, 2022 September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état