Gando
Gando is a village in Burkina Faso, in the Centre-Est Region, the Boulgou province and the Department of Tenkodogo. Gando has about 2500 residents. The village became famous in 2004, when the architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, originating from Gando and living in Germany, received the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the construction of the Gando primary school.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Burkina Faso
- Also known as: “Gando, Burkina Faso”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bidiga and Garango.
Bidiga
Village
Bidiga is a village in the Tenkodogo Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso. Bidiga is situated 6 km southwest of Gando.
Garango
Town
Garango is a city located in Boulgou Province of Burkina Faso, founded by a great BISSA hunter-warrior called BARSO. The main ethnic group is the Bissa. Garango is situated 8 km southwest of Gando.
Gando
- Categories: village of Burkina Faso and locality
- Location: Centre-Est Region, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
11.84833° or 11° 50′ 54″ northLongitude
-0.49058° or 0° 29′ 26″ westOpen location code
7C3XRGX5+8QOpenStreetMap ID
node 5150099897OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q1493387
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Gando” goes by many names.
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