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Ramatoulaye

village in Namissiguima department, Yatenga Province, Burkina Faso

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ97368928 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ramatoulaye is a village in the Namissiguima Department of Yatenga Province in North Burkina Faso.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Ramatoulaye” as village in Namissiguima department, Yatenga Province, Burkina Faso. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ramatoulaye, village and Namissiguima.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current 15-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Ramatoulaye, village and Namissiguima providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Ramatoulaye”, the useful work is to connect “village in Namissiguima department, Yatenga Province, Burkina Faso” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q97368928. Authority coordinates are 13.633, -2.317. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Ramatoulaye”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Ramatoulaye primary sources, Ramatoulaye archive and Ramatoulaye research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Ramatoulaye”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Ramatoulaye” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.