Ouagadougou in five emoji

What each emoji refers to

🎬

FESPACO has run every two years since 1969 and is the largest African film festival.

🛵

Mopeds do most of the moving. The traffic sound of the city is two-stroke engines rather than cars.

🥁

Burkinabè percussion travels well, and the national ballet has toured on it for decades.

🌾

Millet and sorghum grow where maize will not, which is most of the country.

🏜️

The Sahel is the strip between the Sahara and the savanna, and it has been drying out.

Ouagadougou at a glance

Country

Burkina Faso

Coordinates

12.37° N, 1.52° W

First played

10 March 2026

Nearest cities in the game

Distances are great-circle, the same measure the game reports after a wrong guess. The arrow is the direction you would need to travel from Ouagadougou.