title: Upper Volta
text: # Upper Volta
  
  Upper Volta (now named Burkina Faso) may refer to:
  
  * French Upper Volta (1919–1932, 1947–1958)
     * a territory in French West Africa (1919–1932)
     * a territory of the French Union (1947–1958)
  * Republic of Upper Volta (1958–1984)
     * a self-governing republic of the French Community (1958–1960)
     * an independent republic (1960–1984)
  