Quartiers Saints

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The Quartiers Saints are districts in the center of the Burkinabe capital Ouagadougou , around the cathedral .

During the French colonial period, the missionaries named the new quarters around the church after various saints Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Saint-Julien or Saint-Marc. Today the Quartiers Saints are roughly in Secteurs 1, 5 and 6 in the city center.

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