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Polity Africa

Burkina Faso

Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Country in West Africa

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Burkina Faso on Wikipedia.

How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Burkina Faso's founding is recorded in Wikidata, and accepted here only because they agree with the centuries the atlas independently drew it in. No dissolution is recorded, so the closing year below is still the last century the atlas drew — not when it ended. The atlas itself draws the world at 6 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 1945 CE to 2026 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

1945 CE 6 snapshots 2026 CE

Elsewhere in Africa at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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