Ouagadougou

This article covers the city. For the old African empire see Kingdom of Wogdgo .

Ouagadougou
Status:	commune urbaine
Region:	Center
Province:	Kadiogo
Surface:	219.3 km²
Residents:	2,388,700 (2017)
Population density:	10892 inhabitants per km²
Structure:	5 arrondissements
Mayor:	Armand Béouindé
location
Ouagadougou  Burkina Faso
12 ° 22 ′  N , 1 ° 32 ′  W Coordinates: 12 ° 22 ′  N , 1 ° 32 ′  W

Ouagadougous satellite image

View of the market in the city center

Ouagadougou [ wagaˈduːgu ] (also: Wagadugu [ ˌvagaˈduːgu ]) is the capital of Burkina Faso in West Africa. With over two million inhabitants, it is the largest city in the country and its administrative, economic and cultural center. The city is the seat of the identical urban municipality ( French commune urbaine ) and the department of Ouagadougou .

In Ouaga , as it is often called colloquially, resides the Mogho Naba , the powerless emperor of the Mossi . The metropolis is known as the venue for the pan-African film festival FESPACO .

geography

location

Ouagadougou is located in the center of the country on the central plateau in the Center region and the Kadiogo province . It borders Pabré to the north, the Plateau Central region to the northeast, Saaba to the east, Koubri to the southeast, Komsilga to the south and Tanghin-Dassouri to the west .

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  rue Warba in the district of Cissin (Secteur 16)

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  New development area in the southwest of the city

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  Squatter settlement

climate

The average annual temperature is 28.8 ° C. Like the rest of the country, the city is subject to the influence of the tropical and humid climate with a rainy season from May to September and a dry season over the rest of the year.

Ouagadougou
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     0   34 16     0   37 18th     5   40 22nd     24   40 25th     74   38 27     107   35 24     69   33 23     283   31 22nd     198   32 22nd     31   36 23     0   37 20th     0   35 16 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: wetterkontor.de

Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Ouagadougou Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 34.0 36.8 39.5 40.0 37.9 34.8 32.5 30.6 32.4 35.7 36.8 35.0 O 35.5 Min. Temperature (° C) 15.8 18.2 21.9 25.4 27.2 23.9 22.8 21.8 22.0 22.9 20.2 16.3 O 21.5 Precipitation ( mm ) 0.0 0.0 5.0 24.1 73.9 107.4 69.1 283.2 197.5 31.1 0.0 0.0 Σ 791.3 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 9.3 9.3 8.5 8.5 8.9 8.8 7.7 7.2 7.9 8.8 9.6 9.2 O 8.6 Rainy days ( d ) 0 0 1 2 6th 9 13 14th 10 4th 0 0 Σ 59 Humidity ( % ) 24 21st 22nd 36 50 64 72 80 77 60 38 29 O 47.9 Source: wetterkontor.de

View of the rond-point des Nations-Unies in the center of the city

Main street avenue Kwame-Nkrumah

history

The exact time when Ouagadougou was founded is unknown. According to tourist sources, the city was founded by Nyonyonsé in the 11th century under the name Kombemtinga ("City of Warriors"). In 1441 it was under the Mossi Naaba Niandfo as Wogdgo ("Come to me to honor") seat of government of the Kingdom of Wogdgo , whereupon Wogdgo grew significantly. Wogdgo initially remained the seat of government until 1691, but the nomadic way of life of the Mossi was not suitable for creating an urban infrastructure, so that the village retained its rural (rural) character. It was not until the middle of the 18th century that the settlement was continuously cultivated with the settling down under Naba Zembre .

Louis-Gustave Binger estimates the population of Waghadougou - consisting of seven villages and mostly inhabited by followers of Islam and African religions - at no more than 5,000 in 1887. Most of the houses were simple adobe buildings . With the arrival of French colonial power in the 1880s, the city's authoritarian urbanization and segregation began . In 1897 it became a French military base. In 1926, the colonial power installed an administrative mayor, with day-to-day political affairs being transferred to the Mossielite throughout the colonial period.

Ouagadougou around 1930/31. Aerial photo by Walter Mittelholzer .

After the new colony of Upper Volta with Ouagadougou as the capital was created in 1919 from seven districts of the Upper Senegal and Niger colony, the French governor Édouard Hesling began redesigning the village. During the four dry seasons from 1920 to 1923, spacious roads were laid out, administrative buildings, a governor's palace, schools and health stations were built.

The French built quarters ( French quartiers saints ) around the new cathedral with modern, two-story buildings. Since then, the metropolis has expanded from the center into the savannah. Ouagadougou became the seat of the French colonial governor and capital of the colony and the later independent state of Upper Volta, which was renamed Burkina Faso in 1984.

At the turn of the month of August / September 2009, heavy rains flooded the city, causing dozens of deaths and injuries. There was also considerable damage to buildings, including the cinematheque.

More than 20 people died in a terrorist attack and subsequent hostage-taking in the Hotel Splendid in January 2016. The Salafist group AQIM claimed responsibility for the attack .

In an attack on various French facilities on March 2, 2018, Islamist terrorists killed at least 28 people, according to AFP.

Politics and administration

City structure

Ouagadougou is divided into five arrondissements and these into 30 sectors and numerous villages located outside the city. Following the Parisian model, the sectors are aligned around the city center in a spiral shape and ignore the boundaries of traditional districts such as Cissin , Dapoya , Gounghin , Koulouba , Larlé , Paspanga , Patte d'Oie , Pissy , Samandin and Zogona .

The arrondissements of Ouagadougou

Arrondissement	Population census 2006	Associated Sectors
Baskuy	180.512	Sector 1 , Bilbalogho (Sector 2) , Sector 3 , Sector 4 , Sector 5 , Sector 6 , Sector 7 , Sector 8 , Sector 9 , Sector 10 , Sector 11 , Sector 12
Bogodogo	374,473	Secteur 14 , secteur 15 , secteur 28 , secteur 29 , secteur 30 , Balkuy , Yamtenga
Boulmiougou	366.182	Sector 16 , Sector 17 , Sector 18 , Sector 19
Nongrémassom	188,329	Sector 13 , Sector 23 , Sector 24 , Sector 25 , Sector 26 , Sector 27
Sig-Noghin	163.859	Secteur 20 , secteur 21 , secteur 22 , Kamboincé , Yagma , Bissighin , Bassinko , Silmiougou , Darsalam

The new presidential palace in Ouaga 2000

City administration building

West African Central Bank (BCEAO) building

Monument of the Martyr in Ouaga 2000

Capital

Ouagadougou is the capital of Burkina Faso. In the city the President (in've Palais Kosyam ), the Government, the Parliament , all ministries and numerous diplomatic missions based. Also located there is the Supreme Court ( Cour de Cassation ) and the Constitutional Council ( Conseil constitutionnel ).

administration

Elections to the municipal council take place every five years. He elects the mayor from among his ranks. After the 2006 election, the council has 163 members in addition to the mayor and his two deputies. Simon Compaoré has held office since the 1995 elections . The five arrondissements each have a council assembly and a mayor. In the municipal administration, 25 directorates are responsible for their respective departments. The ruling party Congrès pour la démocratie et le progrès (CDP) won 126 mandates, the Union pour la renaissance / Mouvement sankariste (UNIR / MS) 15 and the Alliance pour la Démocratie et la Fédération - Rassemblement Démocratique Africain (ADF-RDA) won nine seats. The other MPs are made up of smaller parties.

Symbols

City coat of arms

On December 31, 2003, the new city arms designed by Titinga Frédéric Pacéré were presented. It comprises nine elements: a horse, a back shield, a rising sun, water, a chain, an ear of millet, a twig of cotton, a flag and the motto: “Waogdg ra yees beoogo” ('Ouagadougou, do not fear the future').

Cityscape and architecture

Great mosque in the city center

Apart from the headquarters of the West African Central Bank and a few hotels, there are few large modern buildings in the city. The Great Mosque is one of the city's defining structures. One of the largest markets in West Africa , the Marché Rood-Woko , dominates the city center.

The center of the city is next to the market, the rond-point des Nations-Unies and the main shopping street, avenue Kwame-Nkrumah .

Large parts of the city, which grows annually hundreds of meters into the surrounding area, are without electricity and running water, and the majority of the buildings are one or two-story and made of adobe bricks.

All one-story buildings in a large area of ​​the city center were demolished as part of a large-scale urban development project ( projet ZACA ) and the residents were relocated to the outskirts. Once densely built-up and lively neighborhoods are now barren and deserted. A new residential and administrative district, Ouaga 2000 , is under construction on the southern edge of the capital . There you will find the new seat of the president, ministries and the new national monument Monument aux Héros Nationaux .

Attractions

Cathedral on avenue Bassawarga

In addition to the Great Mosque, the cathedral of Ouagadougou , which was built between 1934 and 1936 in the European neo-Romanesque style , is the episcopal church of the Archdiocese of Ouagadougou . The Palace of Mogho Naba and the Monument des Cinéastes are other tourist attractions.

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

The city has only modest industries, mainly in the food and textile sectors. As a service metropolis in the country, Ouaga is the seat of banks, insurance companies and the media. A significant part of the population works in the informal sector .

traffic

The airport is close to the city center.

Ouagadougou International Airport is located in Secteur 5 in the immediate vicinity of the city center. It is to be replaced by a new building, Ouagadougou-Donsin Airport , in the northeastern Loumbila department by 2017 . There are direct flights to Europe to Istanbul , Paris and Brussels ; there are also numerous scheduled flights within Africa.

The main station is the terminus of the Abidjan-Niger railway to Abidjan ( Ivory Coast ). There is a further connection to Kaya for freight trains .

Numerous national roads start their course in Ouagadougou. The N1 leads west to Bobo-Dioulasso, the N2 north-west to Ouahigouya and Mali, the N3 north-east toward Dori, the N4 east toward Niger, the N5 and N 6 south toward Ghana and the N22 north towards Djibo. In the course of 2009, the four-lane expansion of National Road 1 in the direction of Bobo-Dioulasso from place de la Bataille du rail to behind the barrage de Boulmiougou is to begin. Biking and walking paths are also being laid out. The costs are said to amount to 17 billion CFA francs (26 million euros).

The most important means of transport for the population - and thus to be found everywhere in large numbers - are mopeds, scooters, mopeds and bicycles. Taxis are also common means of inner-city transport, and a bus system has recently been set up.

media

Ouagadougou is the seat of numerous state - namely the national radio and television company RTB - and private media companies and also houses most of the broadcasting systems for the distribution of national television and radio programs. Private radio stations with local and medium range such as Ouaga FM , Horizon FM , Pulsar FM or Savane FM also broadcast from Ouagadougou. The print media also have their center in Ouagadougou. Both the Sidwaya daily newspaper, under the Ministry of Information, and independent newspapers have their editorial offices and printing plants in Ouagadougou. For more information on the media landscape in Burkina Faso, see Media Burkina Faso .

tourism

Classic study and adventure tourism has been on the rise in recent years. In addition to the Hôtel Sofitel Silmandé in the north of the city, Libyan investors built a new luxury hotel in Ouaga in 2000 . Numerous other hotels and guest houses of all categories have been built in recent years.

Culture

The maison du peuple

Many events take place in CENASA

The largest venue is the Maison du Peuple . In addition, concerts take place in CENASA and the French cultural center Center Culturel Français Georges Méliès , which has a stage, library and exhibition space.

education

The University of Ouagadougou , founded in 1974, maintains various partnerships with universities in Europe. The Lycée Philippe Zinda Kaboré is the largest grammar school in the country.

High cultural institutions

Ouagadougou is home to the most important institutions of Burkinabe high culture . The Musée National du Burkina Faso was founded as an institution in 1962, but it did not have a permanent seat until 2000. Construction of the new buildings in the Dassasgho district began in 2000 and the first exhibition rooms opened in 2004. The Musée de la Musique de Ouagadougou , founded in 1999, exhibits numerous traditional musical instruments. It is northeast of downtown on avenue d'Oubritenga .

The Carrefour International de Théâtre de Ouagadougou has a cooperation with the Mainfranken Theater Würzburg .

Sports

Municipal Stadium of Ouagadougou

At the national stadium Stade du 4-Aout in the district Gounghin and in the central Stade Municipal de Ouagadougou carry the football team and the five first division of the city from their home games. Étoile Filante Ouagadougou and ASFA-Yennenga Ouagadougou are the most successful clubs in the country. CF Ouagadougou , who has been run by the city council in the past , became national champion in 2007. The playing fields of the Stade René-Monory and the plateau omnisports Simon-Compaoré , where hand, basket and volleyball games take place, are also in municipal hands .

In the south of the city, the new covered sports arena Palais des Sports de Ouaga 2000 was built , in which pan-African sports and cultural events also take place.

The Ouaga-Laye marathon is held once a year .

Regular events

The pan-African film and television festival FESPACO has been held in Ouagadougou every two years since 1969 and attracts film fans from all over the world. The arts and crafts fair SIAO takes place alternately . Once a year there is the international theater festival Les Récréatrales and the big moped race (RAMO), in which mainly young men take part.

Town twinning

In January 1967 the cooperation with the French city Loudun began . This was followed by partnerships with Leuze-en-Hainaut ( Belgium ), Kuwait City ( Kuwait ), Lomé ( Togo ), San Miniato ( Italy ) and Taipei ( Republic of China (Taiwan) ) and Lyon (France). There has been a connection with Québec ( Canada ) since 2000 . In specific areas, Ouagadougou works with Nantes , Namur , Copenhagen and Grenoble as well as with several African cities within the framework of South-South cooperation .

sons and daughters of the town

• Moise Bambara (* 1984), Burkinabe-German football professional (FSV Frankfurt)
• Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Benissan (* 1963), Roman Catholic clergyman and Archbishop of Lomé
• Victor Démé (1962–2015), guitarist and singer
• Daouda Diakité (born 1983), football player
• Boubacar Diallo (* 1962), filmmaker, journalist and writer
• Ibrahim Gnanou (* 1986), football player
• Jacky Ido (born 1977), actor
• Bakary Koné (* 1988), football player
• Alban Lafont (* 1999), French football goalkeeper
• Safiatou Lopez (* 1976), entrepreneur and politician
• Préjuce Nakoulma (* 1987), football player
• Ambroise Ouédraogo (* 1948), Roman Catholic clergyman and Bishop of Maradi
• Fulgence Ouedraogo (* 1986), French rugby player
• Issiaka Ouédraogo (* 1988), Burkinabe-Austrian football player
• Jonathan Pitroipa (* 1986), football player
• Florent Rouamba (* 1986), football player
• Edmond Tapsoba (* 1999), football player
• Irène Tiendrébéogo (* 1977), Burkinabe-Monegasque athlete
• Ezé Wendtoin (* 1991), musician and songwriter
• Hugues Fabrice Zango (* 1993), triple jumper
• Patrick Zoundi (* 1982), football player
• Paul Zoungrana (1917–2000), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Ouagadougou and Cardinal

See also

• List of cities in Burkina Faso

literature

• Georges Compaore (Ed.): Études urbaines à Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (Pays Énclavés; Vol. 11). PUB, Bordeaux 2003, ISBN 2-905081-44-9 (on behalf of the Center de Recherches sur les Espaces Tropicaux)
• Florence Fournet, Aude Meunier-Nikiema, Gérard Salem: Ouagadougou, 1850–2004: une urbanization différenciée . IRD, Marseille 2008, ISBN 978-2-7099-1657-8 .

Web links

Commons : Ouagadougou  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Ouagadougou  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• City administration website (French)
• Private Infosite (French)
• Site of the TV5MONDE channel on Ouagadougou (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the 2006 census ( Memento from December 15, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 92 kB).
2. ↑ Burkina Faso: Provinces, Major Cities & Urban Localities - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts. Retrieved May 22, 2018 . 
3. ^ Office National du Tourisme Burkinabè: Cités impériales . 2007. Archived from the original on April 17, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 25, 2011. 
4. ↑ Baietta, Cristiana (ed.): Africa nera . Il Viaggiatore, Milano 2005, p. 250 .
5. ^ ^{A b} Jean Louis Coll, Jean-Jacques Guibbert (ed.): L'aménagement au défi de la decentralization en Afrique de l'ouest . Presses universitaires du Mirail, Toulouse 2005, p. 185.
6. ↑ ^{a b} Ola Söderström, Blaise Dupuis, Stephanie Geertman, Pierrick Leu: La mondialisation des formes urbaine à Hanoi et Ouagadougou , version provisoire, 3rd part. Institut de geographie et Fonds national suisse de la recherche scientifique, Neuchâtel 2010, p. 9.
7. ↑ Louis-Gustave Binger: Du Niger au Golfe de Guinée par le pays de Kong et le Mossi , Volume 1. Hachette, Paris 1892, p. 459.
8. ^ Elliott P. Skinner: Political Conflict and Revolution in an African Town . In: American Anthropologist 74 (5), 1972, pp. 1208-1217, pp. 1211.
9. ↑ Salfo Albert Balima: Le Gouverneur Édouard Hesling (1869-1934) . In: Gabriel Massa, Yénouyaba Georges Madiéga : La Haute-Volta coloniale . Karthala, Paris 1995, ISBN 2-86537-480-7 .
10. ^ Markus M. Haefliger: Capital of Burkina Faso flooded . In: NZZ Online from September 3, 2009, accessed on January 20, 2010
11. ↑ Dozens of dead after floods in West Africa . In: NZZ Online from September 3, 2009, accessed on January 20, 2010
12. ↑ Burkina Faso security forces battle gunmen at hotel in capital. Deutsche Welle , January 15, 2016, accessed January 15, 2016 . 
13. ↑ http://www.dw.com/de/angriff-auf-frankreichs-botschaft-in-burkina-faso/a-42798739
14. ↑ Resultets Preliminaires. (PDF; 3.3 MB) du Recensement General de la Population et de L'Habitation de 2006. Burkina Faso, April 2007, accessed on August 1, 2019 .  
15. ↑ City administration ( Memento of the original from June 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed June 2, 2010) 
16. ↑ Local election results 2006  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed June 2, 2010)  
17. ↑ City administration ( Memento of the original from May 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed June 2, 2010) 
18. ↑ Website of the city administration ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
19. ↑ Comité Local de Jumelage de Ouagadougou ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed June 2, 2010)