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Place in Sud-Ouest Region, Burkina Faso
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Gaoua is a market town in the Black Volta Region of Burkina Faso.
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With imposing stone wall this ruined fortress is the best preserved of about ten in the area. Believed to be at least a thousand years old and is yet to be fully excavated. It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2009.
Musée du Poni
Local history museum.
From Ouagou: TSR is a bus line that reliable and goes everyday. It leaves the Wemtenga bus station at 07:00 and from the other TSR gare at 19:30. Also buses at 13:30 and 15:00. Cost is 6,500 CFA.
Read in the guideTaxis make a killing here compared to other parts of the country. From the gare to the center it costs 300 CFA.e. le desert or the campement allemand) it is 500 CFA.
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