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Upper Volta A Country Profile 11982 Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance Agency for International Development Washington, D.C. 20523 Upper Volta YEE "-"-- "-Tillabiry Mo.t -- ,/i - tr-- ).J0uahig ou ya ! " " _Niamey .Tougan Kava __ . .; N. ou na o;" ' ",. lj Boulsa " KouplaIu"-- ,. .. d ugo u 0-,.ag d ug * Fada N'Gourma -' )- _ Borom o . Tenkodog o Bobo Oioulasso ," .- Zar Orodaah Ouuadaugblo ", iabougou HA .- 'Ba L s-- • J .. __. -- e-_...... ,Navrongo4 .... Kandaugoo- .. ve ',"-- ugu , " . !lNandom 9 a %,apango ,/" \wr Bolgata ng-" Zua rungu anfora- FerkesFarlao L ara ama n " Sansann -Mago nlaitingou Niangolok° Gaoua B EWN I ;/;Y R C OA S T Tamale!Kr " -" ! Sawla ! Nandam"Na'- Railroad ... irpora UPPER VOLTA: A COUNTRY PROFILE prepared for The Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance Agency for International Development Department of State Washington, D. C. 20523 by Evaluation Technologies, Inc. Arlington, Virginia under contract AID/SOD/PDC-C-0283 The profile on Upper Volta Is one In a series designed to provide baseline country data In support of the planning and reliof operations of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA). The content, scope, and sources have evolved over the course of the last three years, and no deubt will continue to do so. The relatively narrow focus Is Intentional. To avoid redundancy, some topics one might expect to find In a "country profile" are not covered here. If the Information provided can also be useful to others In the disaster 6ssistance and development communitles, so much the better. Every effort Is made to obtair current, reliable data; unfortunately It is not possible to Issue updates as fast as changes would warrant. A cautionary note, therefore, to the reader: statistics are Indicators at best, and If names and numbers matter, the bibliography will point to a current source. We Invite your comments and corrections. Address these and other queries to OFDA, A.I.D., as given above. June 1982 OFDA COUNTRY PROFILES: JUNE 1982 AFRICA CARIBBEAN Cape Verde Countries of the Caribbean Chad Community: A Regional DJibouti Profile East Africa Regional Profile Antigua Djibouti Barbados Ethiopia Belize Kenya Dominica Somalia Grenada Sudan Guyana Tanzania Jamaica Uganda Montserrat Gambia-Senegal St. Kitts-Nevis Mali 'ingul I Ia Mauritania St. Lucia Niger St. Vincent Sahel Transportation Survey Trinidad and Tobago Somalia Dominican Republic Uganda Haiti Upper Volta Zaire LATIN AMERICA Bolivia Chile ASIA Costa Rica Ecuador Bangladesh El Salvador Burma Guatemala India Honduras Indonesia Nicaragua Malaysia Peru Nepal Pakistan Philippines NEAR EAST INDIAN OCEAN Island Countries of the Turkey Indian Ocean The Comoros Madagascar SOUTH PACIFIC Maldives Mauritius Fiji Reunion Tonga Seychelles Wes+ern Samoa II UPPER VOLTA Contents CONTENTS Preface . ... .. ........ .............. ........ List of profiles ............................................... i 1. General Informa'rion ........ ................... ... .. 1-4 1.2 Country names ................................ ........ 1 1.3 Official holidays..................... .. ....... 1 1.4 Currency ............................................... 2 1.5 Time zones.......................... 2 1.6 US mission and staff .................. ........... 2 1.7 Host mission and staff In US.......................... 2 1.8 Treaties and agreements ............................. ... 3 1.9 International organization memberships................. 3 1.10 Travel and visa information ............................ 3 1.11 Ethnic and sociocultural groups ........................ 4 1.12 Languages .............................................. 4 1.13 Religions .................... .................. ..... 4 1.14 Education ............................................... 4 2. Government .................................................. 5-6 2.1 National government ................ .. .. ............. 5 2.2 Regional organization .................................. 5 2.3 Major governmental figures ............................. 6 3. Disaster Preparedness ........ .................. 7-16 3.1 Host disaster plan ................................... 7 3.2 Other support groups ................................... 7 3.3 US mission plan ..................... 8 3.4 International relief agencies........... ........... 8 3.5 Host resources ................................ ... .. 10 3.6 US resources . ......................... ............. 10 3.7 Host storage facilities ............................... 11 3.8 Gendarmerie National stations ........................ 12 3.9 Emergency shelter .................................... 13 3.10 Disaster types ............................. 13 3.11 US voluntary agencies .................................. 14 4. Population .................................................. 17-19 4.1 National population .................................... 17 4.2 Regional distribution .................................. 17 4.3 Urban areas ............................................ 19 5. Health, Nutrltion, and Housing .............................. 20-27 5.1 Overall health status ..... .... ..................... 20 5.2 Vital statistics ....................................... 20 III UPPER VOLTA Contents 5.3 Health services and facilities ......................... 21 5.4 Health personnel ...... .............................. 26 5.5 Nutrition and diet ..................................... 26 5.6 Housing .......... t................................... 27 6. Economy ........................................... 28-32 6.1 Overvew of economy........... .................. 28 6.2 Balance of payments .................. .............. 29 6.3 Imports ........................................ ..... 30 6.4 Exports ................................................ 31 7. Agriculture ................................................. 33-36 7.1 Overview of agricultural sector ........................ 33 7.2 Planting and harvesting dates .......................... 34 7.3 Crop production ................................ 35 7.4 Current status........................................ 36 8. Physical Geography ..................................... 37-40 8.1 Climatic zones ...................... .. ...... 37 8.2 Topography ....................................... 37 8.3 Temperatures ........ .. .............................. 37 8.4 Precipitation .. ........ .............. ............ 38 8.5 Land use ....... ........................................ 38 Water 3.6 resources ........................................ 39 8.7 Minerals ...................... 40 9. Transportation and Logistics ................................ 41-48 9.1 Road network ........................................... 41 9.2 Major routes ......... ...... ..... ... 41 9.3 Road crews ..... ..... ........... 43 9.4 Surface distances .................................. 43 9.5 Vehicles . .......................................... 43 9.6 Railroad 9.7 .................. ............................ 44 Ports .................................................. 44 9.8 Airports .............................................. 44 9.9 Aircraft entry requirements ............................ 47 9.10 Airlines ............................................... 47 9.11 Air distances .......................................... 48 10. Power and Communications ................................... 49-51 10.1 Electric power ......... .................. ......... 49 10.2 Radio stations ................................. 49 10.3 Television ............... ...... .... 50 10.4 Telecommunications ............................ ...... 50 10.5 Press ............................................ .... 50 10.6 Emergency network ...................................... 51 Bibliography ....................................... 52-54 Iv UPPER VOLTA 1. General Information 1. General Information 1.1 Geographic Codes AID Standard - 686 FIPS - UV State Regional - AF 1.2 Country Names Official - Republic of Upper Volta Local - Republique de Haute-Volta Short - Upper Volta 1.3 Official Holidays Nai Year's Day January 1 Anniversary of 1966 Revolution January 3 Mouloud * Easter Monday * May Day May 1 Ascension Pentecost (Whit) Monday Assumption Id-al-Fitr * All Saints Day November 1 Id al Adha * Ramadan * Proclamation of the Republic December 11 Chrlstmas December 25 • Varies from year to year. Consult embassy for exact date. 1 UPPER VOLTA 1. General Information 1.4 Currency (May 1982) 304 CFA francs* = $US 1 * Also currency for Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Niger, Senegal, Togo. 1.5 Time Zones EST + 5 1.6 U.S. Mission and Staff to Upper Volta (January 1982) Embassy of the United States Boite Postale 35 Ouagadougou, Upper Volta Phone: 35442/4/6 Ambassador Julius W. Walker, Jr. Deputy Chief of Mission Anthony S. Daisimer Poiitical/Economic Section Rodney Huff Consul, Consular Section Donn A. Weaver Labor Officer Eric Svendsen (resident In Dakar) Administrative Section Kenneth N. Peltier ,.ency for International Development Richard C. Meyer Branch Cultural Affairs Officer Thomas N. Hull (USICA) 1.7 Host Country Mission and Staff In US (February 1982) Embassy of the Republic of Upper Volta 2020 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009 Phonei 202/332-5577 2 UPPER VOLTA I. General Information Ambassador Tlemoko Marc Garango Counselor Denis G. Nlklema Counselor (Economic & Commercial Affairs) Hama A. Boubaker Attache Honore B. Ouedraogo 1.8 Treaties and Agreements Economic and Technlleal Cooperation Geodetic Survey Investment Guaranties Peace Corps