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)
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