Originally Posted by
Brituchenite
Upper Volta was my favorite African country name too! I also loved seeing Ulan Bator on the map as the capital of Mongolia (at least I think it was the capital of Mongolia!)
ETA: googled! Yup. Capital of Mongolia.
YES!
And if we're talking about things that are fun to say, then indeed, the capital of formerly-Upper-Volta takes the cake. OUAGADOUGOU. Heck yeah.
