Ouangolodougou, also spelled Wangolédougou, is a town in the

Niangoloko Department Niangoloko is a Departments of Burkina Faso, department or commune of Comoé Province in southern Burkina Faso. Its capital is the town of Niangoloko. According to the 2019 census the department has a total population of 76,840. Towns and village ...

Comoé Province Comoé is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Cascades Region. The capital of Comoé is Banfora. The population of Comoé was 632,695 in 2019. Comoé is divided into 9 departments: See also *Regions of Burkina Faso *Provin ...

in south-western

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...

, adjacent to the

border Borders are generally defined as geography, geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by polity, political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other administrative divisio ...

with

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...

. The town has a population of 3,523. The town was visited by

Louis-Gustave Binger Louis-Gustave Binger (; 14 October 1856 – 10 November 1936) was a French officer and explorer who claimed the Côte d'Ivoire for France. Binger was born at Strasbourg in the Bas-Rhin . In 1887 he traveled from Senegal up to the Niger River, a ...

in February 1888.

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Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Populated places in the Cascades Region Comoé Province {{Comoé-geo-stub