burkina faso
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The Nation includes all the forms of the country.
The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:
Establishment
- March 1919: In 1919, certain provinces from Upper Senegal and Niger were united into a separate colony called the Upper Volta in the French West Africa federation.
Chronology
Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation
1. Events
- September 1932: The Upper Volta Colony was dissolved and divided between the colonies of Ivory Coast, French Sudan and Niger.
- September 1947: The Mossi renewed their pressure for separate territorial status and on 4 September 1947. Upper Volta became a French West African territory again in its own right.
- December 1958: Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French community.
- August 1960: The Republic of Upper Volta attained full independence from France.
- August 1984: The Republic of Upper Volta changed its name to Burkina Faso.