Upper Volta

	République de Haute-Volta
	Republic of Upper Volta
flag	coat of arms
	Motto : "Unité, Travail, Justice" ; ( French "unity, work, justice")
Official language	French
Capital	Ouagadougou
Form of government	republic
surface	267,950 km²
currency	CFA Franc BCEAO (XOF)
Time zone	UTC
License Plate	HV / RHV
Telephone code	+226

Black, Red and White Volta

Upper Volta (French Haute-Volta , after the river Volta ), today Burkina Faso , was a French colony in West Africa from 1919 to 1932 . As the economic development fell short of the expectations of the mother country, the territory was divided in 1932 among the neighboring colonies of French Sudan , Niger and Ivory Coast . After the Second World War, France rearranged its colonial possessions and in 1947 restored Upper Volta within its old borders as an overseas territory. The women's suffrage was introduced 1956th On December 11, 1958, Upper Volta received internal autonomy. On August 5, 1960 Upper Volta was given independence. On August 4, 1984, it changed its name to Burkina Faso. The country lies in the greater Sudan and Sahel region ; it borders Ghana , Mali , Niger, Ivory Coast, Togo, and Benin . The capital was and is Ouagadougou .

Governors (1919–1932)

Édouard Hesling (November 9, 1919 - August 7, 1927)
Robert Arnaud (August 7, 1927 - January 13, 1928), executive
Albéric Fournier (January 13, 1928 - December 22, 1932)
Gabriel Descemet (December 22, 1932 - December 31, 1932)

Governors (1947-1958)

Gaston Mourgues (September 6, 1947 - April 29, 1948), managing director
Albert Mouragues (April 29, 1948 - February 23, 1953)
Salvador Jean Étcheber (February 23, 1953 - November 3, 1956)
Yvon Bourges (November 3, 1956 - July 15, 1958)
Max Berthet (July 15, 1958 - December 11, 1958), managing director

High Commissioners (1958–1960)

Max Berthet (December 11, 1958 - February 1959)
Paul Masson (February 1959 - August 5, 1960)

Presidents of Upper Volta

Maurice Yaméogo (August 5, 1960 - January 3, 1966)
Sangoulé Lamizana (January 3, 1966 - November 25, 1980)
Saye Zerbo (November 25, 1980 - November 7, 1982)
Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (November 8, 1982 - August 4, 1983)
Thomas Sankara (August 4, 1983 - August 4, 1984, then President of Burkina Faso until October 15, 1987)

literature

Wilhelm Fischer: Upper Volta . Kurt Schroeder, Bonn 1962.

Web links

Wiktionary: Upper Volta - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

^ Jad Adams : Women and the Vote. A world history. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-870684-7 , page 438

[1] Jad Adams : Women and the Vote. A world history. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-870684-7 , page 438