Gaoua

Gaoua is a market town in southern . The population was 45,284 in a 2019 census. Located in the red earth, green hills, and fast flowing streams of southwestern Burkina Faso, Gaoua is the capital of and forms a sort of capital for the sacred rites and bush lore of the Lobi peoples.
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  • Town with 25,100 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 337 metres (1,106 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code XGA
  • Description: city in Burkina Faso

Gaoua

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Latitude
10.3303° or 10° 19′ 49″ north
Longitude
-3.1796° or 3° 10′ 46″ west
UN/LOCODE
BF GAO
Open location code
7C2R8RJC+45
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1920763571
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2360620
Wiki­data ID
Q1011882

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Gaoua” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بلدية غاوا”
  • Armenian: “Գավա (Բուրկինա Ֆասո)”
  • Armenian: “Գավա”
  • Asturian: “Gaoua”
  • Belarusian: “Гава”
  • Belarusian: “Гаўа”
  • Cebuano: “Gaoua (kapital sa rehiyon)”
  • Cebuano: “Gaoua”
  • Chinese: “加瓦”
  • Dutch: “Gaoua”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بلدية جاوا”
  • Finnish: “Gaoua”
  • French: “Gaoua”
  • German: “Gaoua”
  • Greek: “Γκαουά”
  • Italian: “Gaoua”
  • Japanese: “ガウア”
  • Japanese: “ガワ (ブルキナファソ)”
  • Korean: “가와”
  • Korean: “가우아”
  • Lithuanian: “Gaua”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gaoua”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gaoua”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gaoua”
  • Polish: “Gaoua”
  • Portuguese: “Gaoua”
  • Romanian: “Gaoua”
  • Russian: “Гава”
  • Russian: “Гауа”
  • Slovenian: “Gaoua”
  • Spanish: “Gaoua”
  • Swedish: “Gaoua”
  • Turkish: “Gaoua”
  • Ukrainian: “Гава”
  • Urdu: “گاؤا”
  • Vietnamese: “Gaoua”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gaoua”

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