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Ouagadougou

Capital of Burkina Faso

Watercolour of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The historic Mossi kingdom and modern Sahelian cultural capital, with Héros Nationaux and Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Héros Nationaux; Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception; Grand Mosque of Ouagadougou; Bangr Weogo; Kosyam Presidential Palace; Sahelian
Viewpoint
Favor an elevated viewpoint overlooking the city near the Barrage reservoirs or Bangr Weogo park, looking toward central Ouagadougou, showing the water and forest canopy in the foreground, with church spires and mosque minarets rising in the middle-ground, and the vast Sahelian horizon fading into the distance.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the sacred forest of Bangr Weogo, roadside neem and mango trees, and reservoir wetland grasses.
Guarded against
Not a generic African desert town
Population2,415,266Wikidata: 1,626,950
Coordinates12.37°N, 1.53°W
Elevation305 m
Area219,300,000 km²
Time zoneAfrica/OuagadougouUTC+0
Solar noon12:06clock runs 0.1 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Ouagadougou and you surface nearest to Ahau, Fiji — 155 km from the exact antipodal point.

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