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Capital of Burkina Faso
The capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou. The largest, Ouagadougou, has around 2,453,496 residents in the city proper — a major capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALOuagadougou
POPULATION2,453,496
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Ouagadougou2,453,496 people
In context
Where Ouagadougousits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5MOuagadougou is here
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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