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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Gaoua</span></h1>
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<td colspan="2" height="30">Gaoua
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<td class="hintergrundfarbe1" width="40%">Status:
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<td><i>commune rurale</i>
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<td><a href="Sud-Ouest_(Burkina_Faso)" title="Sud-Ouest (Burkina Faso)">Sud-Ouest</a>
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<td><a href="Poni" title="Poni">Poni</a>
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<td class="hintergrundfarbe1" width="40%">Einwohner:
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<td>52.090 <small><i>(2006<sup id="cite_ref-Cen06_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cen06-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</i></small><sup id="cite_ref-zensus2006_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zensus2006-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<td class="hintergrundfarbe1" width="40%">Gliederung:
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<td>8 Sektoren/56 Dörfer
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<td>Farayeri Frédéric Da
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<td>Saidou Guigma<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<tr style="font-size: 90%"><td style="border: none;"><div style="margin: 0 0.3em"><span style="display:none">Burkina Faso</span><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="Burkina_Faso" title="Burkina Faso"></a></span> <a href="Burkina_Faso" title="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="display:none;"></span>
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<td colspan="2"><span id="Gaoua" class="coordinates -print"><a class="external text" href="geo:10.316666666667,-3.1666666666667"><span title="Breitengrad">10° 19′ <abbr title="Nord">N</abbr></span>, <span title="Längengrad">3° 10′ <abbr title="West">W</abbr></span></a></span><span class="geo noexcerpt" style="display:none"><span class="body"></span><span class="latitude">10.316666666667</span><span class="longitude">-3.1666666666667</span><span class="elevation"></span></span>
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<p><b>Gaoua</b> ist eine Stadt und eine Departement im <a href="Westafrika" title="Westafrika">westafrikanischen</a> Staat <a href="Burkina_Faso" title="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a>, die jeweils dasselbe Gebiet umfassen.
</p><p>Gaoua ist die Hauptstadt der Region <a href="Sud-Ouest_(Burkina_Faso)" title="Sud-Ouest (Burkina Faso)">Sud-Ouest</a> und der Provinz <a href="Poni" title="Poni">Poni</a>. Sie hat inklusive der zum Gebiet der <i>commune urbaine</i> gehörenden 56 Dörfer 52.090 Einwohner, als alleinstehende und in acht Sektoren gegliederte Siedlung 18.496.<sup id="cite_ref-Cen06_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cen06-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gaoua liegt am Volta-Nebenfluss <a href="Poni_(Fluss)" title="Poni (Fluss)">Poni</a>.
</p><p>Die <a href="Lobi" title="Lobi">Lobi</a> sind die vorherrschende Ethnie in Gaoua und leben hauptsächlich von der Landwirtschaft. In der Stadt befindet sich das <i>Musée des civilisations du sud-ouest</i>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Persönlichkeiten"><span id="Pers.C3.B6nlichkeiten"></span>Persönlichkeiten</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Idrissa_Traor%C3%A9_(Fu%C3%9Fballspieler%2C_1943)" title="Idrissa Traoré (Fußballspieler, 1943)">Idrissa Traoré</a> (1943–2023), Trainer der <a href="Burkinische_Fu%C3%9Fballnationalmannschaft" title="Burkinische Fußballnationalmannschaft">burkinischen Fußballnationalmannschaft</a></li>
<li><a href="Thomas_Sankara" title="Thomas Sankara">Thomas Sankara</a> (1949–1987), Präsident von Obervolta und Burkina Faso, in Gaoua aufgewachsen</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Siehe_auch">Siehe auch</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Liste_der_St%C3%A4dte_in_Burkina_Faso" title="Liste der Städte in Burkina Faso">Liste der Städte in Burkina Faso</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.alovelyworld.com/webbur/htmfr/gaoua.htm">Fotos aus Gaoua</a> (französisch)</li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-Cen06-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Cen06_1-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Cen06_1-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r261891140">
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