Yatenga area

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The Yatenga area is a historical region in northern Burkina Faso, traditionally associated with the Mossi kingdom of Yatenga and its Mooré-speaking population.

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Yatenga area canonical 1

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedEthnonym Yatenga Mossi ⓘ
associatedPeople Mooré speakers ⓘ
borderingRegion other Mossi regions of Burkina Faso ⓘ
capitalTraditionallyAssociated Ouahigouya ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
colonialEntityWithin French West Africa ⓘ
colonialHistory came under French colonial rule ⓘ
country Burkina Faso ⓘ
crop cowpeas ⓘ
groundnuts ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
culturalRegionOf Mossi culture ⓘ
ethnicGroup Mossi people ⓘ
hasTraditionalTitle Naaba of Yatenga ⓘ
historicalKingdom Yatenga ⓘ
historicalReligion Mossi traditional religion ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the principal Mossi kingdoms ⓘ
language Mooré ⓘ
languageFamily Gur languages ⓘ
locatedIn Sahel zone ⓘ
linked to: Sahel

West Africa ⓘ
north of Ouagadougou ⓘ
northern Burkina Faso ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
livestock raising ⓘ
modernAdministrativeOverlap Yatenga Province ⓘ
partOf Mossi territories ⓘ
postColonialState Republic of Upper Volta (former name of Burkina Faso) ⓘ
linked to: Burkina Faso
preColonialEconomy agro-pastoralism ⓘ
regional trade ⓘ
preColonialPolity Mossi kingdom of Yatenga ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Yatenga
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
traditionalAssociation Mossi kingdom of Yatenga ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Yatenga
traditionalPoliticalStructure ruled by a Mossi king (naaba) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mooré → dialectRegion → Yatenga area ⓘ