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Gaoua

Place in Sud-Ouest Region, Burkina Faso

Gaoua is a market town in southern Burkina Faso known for its superstitious values and customs. The population, rested at 45,284. Located in the red earth, green hills, and fast flowing streams of southwestern Burkina Faso, Gaoua is the capital of Poni Province and forms a sort of capital for the sacred rites and bush lore of the Lobi peoples. According to local myth, Gaoua was founded when the Lobi migrated across from northern Ghana where they found the Gan people peoples occupying the territory. As a result, they named the trek across to Gaoua Gan-houo meaning "route of the Gan people".

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