Upper Vol·ta

(vōl′tə, vŏl′-, vôl′-)

Upper Vol′tan adj. & n.

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Upper Volta

(ˈvɒltə)

(Placename) the former name (until 1984) of Burkina Faso

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Bur•ki•na Fa•so

(bərˈki nə ˈfɑ soʊ)
n.

a republic in W Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 11,575,898; 106,111 sq. mi. (274,827 sq. km). Cap.: Ouagadougou. Formerly, Upper Volta.

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Noun

Upper Volta - a desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960

Burkina Faso

Translations

Upper Volta

[ˌʌpə^rˈvɒltə] n → Haute Volta f

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Upper Volta

n the Upper Volta → l'Alto Volta m

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In 1919, the French further divided their area of land, separating Upper Volta from French Sudan and then further dismantled and divided this colony in 1932.

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Ghana's power shortage is caused by the crumbling capacity of the country's Upper Volta Dam hydroelectric system - which is currently failing to produce the required 75% of the country's power supply - and a strike among gas pipeline workers in neighbouring Nigeria from whence comes the remaining amount.

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To take the personal motivations first: in August 1962, he had been extremely lucky to survive a grenade attack carried out against him at Kulungugu in northern Ghana by members of the country's opposition, who had fled to neighbouring countries like Togo and Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) to avoid being detained without trial.

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