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<td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size:1.3em; font-weight:bold;border-top-width:0px;">Republik Obervolta
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size:1.1em; border-bottom-width:0px;"><span lang="fr">République de Haute-Volta</span>
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">1958–1984
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<td><a href="Flagge_Obervoltas" title="Flagge Obervoltas">Flagge</a>
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<td><a href="Wappen_Burkina_Fasos" title="Wappen Burkina Fasos">Wappen</a>
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><b><a href="Wahlspruch" title="Wahlspruch">Wahlspruch</a>:</b> <i>«&nbsp;Unité, Travail, Justice&nbsp;»</i><br><small>(<a href="Franz%C3%B6sische_Sprache" title="Französische Sprache">französisch</a> „Einheit, Arbeit, Gerechtigkeit“)</small>
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<td><a href="Franz%C3%B6sische_Sprache" title="Französische Sprache">Französisch</a>
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<td><a href="Ouagadougou" title="Ouagadougou">Ouagadougou</a>
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<td class="ibleft" style="vertical-align:top;"><b><a href="Liste_der_Staatsformen_und_Regierungssysteme" title="Liste der Staatsformen und Regierungssysteme">Staats- und Regierungsform</a></b>
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<td><a href="Liste_der_Staatsoberh%C3%A4upter_von_Burkina_Faso#Obervolta_(1960–1984)" title="Liste der Staatsoberhäupter von Burkina Faso">Präsident / Staatsoberhaupt</a><br>zuletzt: <a href="Thomas_Sankara" title="Thomas Sankara">Thomas Sankara</a>
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<td class="ibleft" style="vertical-align:top;"><b><a href="Staatsgebiet" title="Staatsgebiet">Fläche</a></b>
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<td>274.200 km²
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<td class="ibleft" style="vertical-align:top;"><b><a href="Einwohnerzahl" title="Einwohnerzahl">Einwohnerzahl</a></b>
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<td>1976: 5.740.000<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<td>1976: 21 Einwohner pro km²
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<td><a href="CFA-Franc_BCEAO" title="CFA-Franc BCEAO">CFA-Franc BCEAO</a> (XOF)
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<td class="ibleft" style="vertical-align:top;"><b>Errichtung</b>
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<td>11. Dezember 1958<br><small>(innerhalb der <a href="Communaut%C3%A9_fran%C3%A7aise" title="Communauté française">Communauté française</a>)</small>
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<td><a href="Franz%C3%B6sisch-Westafrika" title="Französisch-Westafrika">Französisch-Westafrika</a><br>(Gebiet Obervolta)
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<td class="ibleft" style="vertical-align:top;"><b><a href="Staatliche_Unabh%C3%A4ngigkeit" title="Staatliche Unabhängigkeit">Unabhängigkeit</a></b>
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<td>5. August 1960
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<td>4. August 1984<br><small>(Umbenennung in Burkina Faso)</small>
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<td><a href="Burkina_Faso" title="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a>
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<td>HV, RHV
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<td>HV, HVO, 854
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<td>+226
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<p><b>Obervolta</b> (<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><a href="Franz%C3%B6sische_Sprache" title="Französische Sprache">französisch</a></span> <span lang="fr-Latn" style="font-style:italic">Haute-Volta</span>), nach dem Fluss <a href="Volta_(Fluss)" title="Volta (Fluss)">Volta</a>, war von 1919 bis 1932 und wieder ab 1947 eine <a href="Frankreich" title="Frankreich">französische</a> <a href="Kolonie" title="Kolonie">Kolonie</a> sowie ab 1960 ein unabhängiger Staat in <a href="Westafrika" title="Westafrika">Westafrika</a> (seit 1984 unter dem heutigen Namen <a href="Burkina_Faso" title="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a>).
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geschichte">Geschichte</h2></div>
<div class="hauptartikel" role="navigation"><span class="hauptartikel-pfeil" title="siehe" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation">→&nbsp;</span><i><span class="hauptartikel-text">Hauptartikel</span>: <a href="Geschichte_Burkina_Fasos" title="Geschichte Burkina Fasos">Geschichte Burkina Fasos</a></i></div>
<p>Da die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung hinter den Erwartungen der Kolonialmacht zurückblieb, wurde das Territorium 1932 unter den Nachbarkolonien <a href="Franz%C3%B6sisch-Sudan" title="Französisch-Sudan">Französisch-Sudan</a>, <a href="Niger" title="Niger">Niger</a> und <a href="Elfenbeink%C3%BCste" title="Elfenbeinküste">Elfenbeinküste</a> aufgeteilt. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg ordnete Frankreich seinen Kolonialbesitz neu und stellte Obervolta 1947 in seinen alten Grenzen als Überseeterritorium wieder her. Das <a href="Frauenwahlrecht" title="Frauenwahlrecht">Frauenwahlrecht</a> wurde 1956 eingeführt.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Am 11. Dezember 1958 erhielt Obervolta innere Autonomie. Am 5. August 1960, im sogenannten <a href="Afrikanisches_Jahr" title="Afrikanisches Jahr">Afrikanischen Jahr</a>, wurde die <b>Republik Obervolta</b> (<i>République de Haute-Volta</i>) unabhängig. Am 4. August 1984 änderte der Staat seinen Namen in Burkina Faso. Das Land liegt in der <a href="Sudan_(Region)" title="Sudan (Region)">Sudan</a>- und <a href="Sahelzone" title="Sahelzone">Sahelzone</a>; es grenzt an <a href="Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a>, <a href="Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a>, Niger, die Elfenbeinküste, <a href="Togo" title="Togo">Togo</a> und <a href="Benin" title="Benin">Benin</a>. Die Hauptstadt war und ist <a href="Ouagadougou" title="Ouagadougou">Ouagadougou</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gouverneure_(1919–1932)"><span id="Gouverneure_.281919.E2.80.931932.29"></span>Gouverneure (1919–1932)</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="%C3%89douard_Hesling" title="Édouard Hesling">Édouard Hesling</a> (9. November 1919 – 7. August 1927)</li>
<li><a href="Robert_Arnaud" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Arnaud">Robert Arnaud</a> (7. August 1927 – 13. Januar 1928), <i>geschäftsführend</i></li>
<li>Albéric Fournier (13. Januar 1928 – 22. Dezember 1932)</li>
<li>Gabriel Descemet (22. Dezember 1932 – 31. Dezember 1932)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gouverneure_(1947–1958)"><span id="Gouverneure_.281947.E2.80.931958.29"></span>Gouverneure (1947–1958)</h2></div>
<ul><li>Gaston Mourgues (6. September 1947 – 29. April 1948), <i>geschäftsführend</i></li>
<li>Albert Mouragues (29. April 1948 – 23. Februar 1953)</li>
<li>Salvador Jean Étcheber (23. Februar 1953 – 3. November 1956)</li>
<li><a href="Yvon_Bourges" title="Yvon Bourges">Yvon Bourges</a> (3. November 1956 – 15. Juli 1958)</li>
<li>Max Berthet (15. Juli 1958 – 11. Dezember 1958), <i>geschäftsführend</i></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hochkommissare_(1958–1960)"><span id="Hochkommissare_.281958.E2.80.931960.29"></span>Hochkommissare (1958–1960)</h2></div>
<ul><li>Max Berthet (11. Dezember 1958 – Februar 1959)</li>
<li>Paul Masson (Februar 1959 – 5. August 1960)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Präsidenten_Obervoltas"><span id="Pr.C3.A4sidenten_Obervoltas"></span>Präsidenten Obervoltas</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Maurice_Yam%C3%A9ogo" title="Maurice Yaméogo">Maurice Yaméogo</a> (5. August 1960 – 3. Januar 1966)</li>
<li><a href="Sangoul%C3%A9_Lamizana" title="Sangoulé Lamizana">Sangoulé Lamizana</a> (3. Januar 1966 – 25. November 1980)</li>
<li><a href="Saye_Zerbo" title="Saye Zerbo">Saye Zerbo</a> (25. November 1980 – 7. November 1982)</li>
<li><a href="Jean-Baptiste_Ou%C3%A9draogo" title="Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo">Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo</a> (8. November 1982 – 4. August 1983)</li>
<li><a href="Thomas_Sankara" title="Thomas Sankara">Thomas Sankara</a> (4. August 1983 – 4. August 1984, anschließend Präsident Burkina Fasos bis 15. Oktober 1987)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literatur">Literatur</h2></div>
<ul><li>Wilhelm Fischer: <i>Ober-Volta</i>. Kurt Schroeder, Bonn 1962.</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Weblinks">Weblinks</h2></div>
<div class="sisterproject" style="margin:0.1em 0 0 0;"><span class="noviewer" style="display:inline-block; line-height:10px; min-width:1.6em; text-align:center;" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Wiktionary"></span></span></span><b><a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Obervolta" class="extiw external" title="wikt:Obervolta">Wiktionary: Obervolta</a></b>&nbsp;– Bedeutungserklärungen, Wortherkunft, Synonyme, Übersetzungen</div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Einzelnachweise">Einzelnachweise</h2></div>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Bibliographisches Institut (Hrsg.): <i>Meyers Jahreslexikon 1975/76. Was war wichtig? 1.7.1975 – 30.6.1976.</i> Meyers Lexikonverlag, Mannheim 1976, ISBN 3-411-01365-6, S.&nbsp;120.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Jad Adams: <i>Women and the Vote. A World History.</i> Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-870684-7, Seite 438</span>
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