Ouahigouya
E235867
Ouahigouya is a major city in northern Burkina Faso known as an important commercial and administrative center of the region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ouahigouya canonical | 15 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1973948 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ouahigouya Context triple: [Burkina Faso, hasMajorCity, Ouahigouya]
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A.
Riobamba
Riobamba is a city in the central highlands of Ecuador, known as a gateway to the Andes and nearby Chimborazo volcano.
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B.
Caparrapí
Caparrapí is a municipality in central Colombia known for its rural character and location within the Andean region of the Cundinamarca Department.
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C.
Combarbalá
Combarbalá is a small Chilean town and municipality in the Coquimbo Region, known for its semi-arid landscapes, goat farming, and distinctive combarbalite stone crafts.
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D.
Guayaramerín
Guayaramerín is a Bolivian town and river port in the Beni Department, located on the Mamoré River near the border with Brazil.
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E.
Comayagüela
Comayagüela is a major urban district of Honduras that, together with Tegucigalpa, forms the country’s capital area.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ouahigouya Target entity description: Ouahigouya is a major city in northern Burkina Faso known as an important commercial and administrative center of the region.
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A.
Riobamba
Riobamba is a city in the central highlands of Ecuador, known as a gateway to the Andes and nearby Chimborazo volcano.
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B.
Caparrapí
Caparrapí is a municipality in central Colombia known for its rural character and location within the Andean region of the Cundinamarca Department.
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C.
Combarbalá
Combarbalá is a small Chilean town and municipality in the Coquimbo Region, known for its semi-arid landscapes, goat farming, and distinctive combarbalite stone crafts.
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D.
Guayaramerín
Guayaramerín is a Bolivian town and river port in the Beni Department, located on the Mamoré River near the border with Brazil.
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E.
Comayagüela
Comayagüela is a major urban district of Honduras that, together with Tegucigalpa, forms the country’s capital area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
commune ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | urban commune ⓘ |
| callingCode | +226 ⓘ |
| capitalOf | Yatenga Province ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| commonLanguage | Mooré ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 13.5667°N 2.4167°W ⓘ |
| country | Burkina Faso ⓘ |
| demographicCharacteristic | predominantly Mossi population ⓘ |
| distanceTo | approximately 180 km north of Ouagadougou ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
livestock raising ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 315 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| governingBody | municipal council ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitutionType |
primary schools
ⓘ
secondary schools ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
administrative offices
ⓘ
regional government services ⓘ |
| hasHealthCareFacilityType |
health centers
ⓘ
hospitals ⓘ |
| hasMarket | central market ⓘ |
| hasNearbyWaterBodyType | seasonal ponds ⓘ |
| hasPublicService |
courthouse
ⓘ
police station ⓘ |
| hasSportsFacilityType | football stadium ⓘ |
| hasTransportInfrastructure |
bus services
ⓘ
road connections to Ouagadougou ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Kingdom of Yatenga ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northern Burkina Faso ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Nord Region
ⓘ
Yatenga Province ⓘ |
| locatedInClimateZone |
Sudano-Sahelian zone
ⓘ
linked to:
Sahel
|
| officialLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sahel region
ⓘ
linked to:
Sahel
|
| population | over 120000 inhabitants ⓘ |
| postalCodeType | postal code system of Burkina Faso ⓘ |
| regionalCapitalOf | Nord Region ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ |
| roadConnection | National road to Ouagadougou ⓘ |
| role |
regional administrative center
ⓘ
regional commercial center ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Greenwich Mean Time
ⓘ
UTC+0 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ouahigouya Description of subject: Ouahigouya is a major city in northern Burkina Faso known as an important commercial and administrative center of the region.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.