Burkina: Polity Style: 1960-2008 |
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| 5 Aug 1960 - 3 Aug 1984 | République de Haute-Volta [1] |
| 4 Aug 1984 - | Burkina Faso [2] |
| Sources and notes: | |
| [1] | 11 Dec 1958 - 11 Dec 1959 as République Voltaïque and 11 Dec 1959 - 5 Aug 1960 as République de Haute-Volta, a Member State of the (French) Community (État membre de la Communauté). |
| [2] | 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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