Burkina: Polity Style: 1958-2012 |
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| 11 Dec 1958 | member state of the Communauté (French Community) |
| 11 Dec 1958 - 3 Aug 1984 | République de Haute-Volta [1] |
| 5 Aug 1960 | acceded to independence by agreement with the Communauté |
| 4 Aug 1984 | Law on the Change of Name and Symbols of the Nation comes into operation at 00:00 4 Aug 1984 [2] |
| 4 Aug 1984 - | Burkina Faso [3] |
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| [1] | Also in official use: République Voltaïque (1958-1959). |
| [2] | Ordonnance n° 84-43 CNR.PRES du 2 août 1984 portant changement d'appellation et symboles de la Nation (Journal Officiel du Burkina Faso, N° 33, jeudi 16 aoút 1984, p. 804) |
| [3] | Though Faso stands for the words like "state" or "land", this full style has become the form in which this polity is usually referred to in all contexts. |
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