Ouagadougou

Ouagadougou (, is the capital of Burkina Faso. It is also the country's biggest city. In Ouagadougou, people mainly make clothing and food. Ouagadougou's mayor is chosen every five years. Ouagadougou is near the equator. It is always warm. In Ouagadougou, people speak Mooré and French. The city has ten universities.

 Economy 
Informal trade is widespread in the streets.Nancy Benjamin, Ahmadou Aly Mbaye, The Informal Sector in Francophone Africa: Firm Size, Productivity, and Institutions, World Bank Publications, 2012

Terrorism
Jihadist insurgents carried out major attacks in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities
Ouagadougou is twinned with following cities:
 Quebec City, Canada
 Lyon, France
 Grenoble, France
 Turin, Italy
 Kumasi, Ghana San Miniato, Italy
 Briton Ferry, Wales
 Leuze-en-Hainaut, Belgium
 Ankara, Turkey
 Kuwait City, Kuwait
 Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan)Ouagadougou and Taipei establish sister cities link 

 References 

Other websites

 Official website of the government of Ouagadougou 
 The plan of Ouagdougou
 Falling Rain Genomics: World Index, and other pages