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The African nation of Burkina Faso was formerly called Upper Volta. The name was officially changed in 1984 when the country's UN ministers figured out the reason other delegates snickered whenever anyone said "Upper Volta". The new name was chosen in a contest of the nation's schoolchildren.

Source : CIA Declassified Country Briefs, 2008.
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