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Independence from France came to Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) in 1960. Governmental instability during the 1970s and 1980s was followed by multiparty elections in the early 1990s. Several hundred thousand farm workers migrate south every year to Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana.
Country name: conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Burkina Faso
former: Upper Volta, Republic of Upper Volta
Capital: Ouagadougou
Languages: French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population
Religions: indigenous beliefs 40%, Muslim 50%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10%
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