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Upper Volta (1920-32, 1959-84)
Stamp-issuing status: inactive; Population: 6.7 million (1984 estimate). A
republic in West Africa, north of Ghana. A French colony from 1919-32, Upper
Volta was subsequently divided between the French Sudan, Ivory Coast and Niger.
In 1947, it was reconstituted within French West Africa, and in 1958, was
established as a republic within the French community. In 1960, Upper Volta
became independent. In 1984 it was renamed Burkina Faso.
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