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582:"Burkina Faso: Urbasolar is building a 33 MW solar power plant in Pâ"
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641:"Burkina Faso: EAIF lends €29m for the Pâ solar PV plant (30 MWp)"
524:"Road Distance Between Baromo, Burkina Faso And Pâ, Burkina Faso"
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