Map of the 45 administrative provinces of Burkina Faso. Political map of Burkina Faso showing Burkina's provinces, cities and towns. Statistical and other information by National Institute of Statistic and Demographics. C.īurkina's embassy at Belgium, provides country and travel information. Official website of the embassy, located at Washington D. Official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Official website of the Government of Burkina Faso (in French) Official Sites of Burkina Faso Note: External links will open in a new browser window. The Presidential Palace of Burkina Faso in Ouagadougou. Imports partners: Cote dIvoire 23.1%, France 11.1%, Togo 7.5%, China 4.8%, Ghana 4.6% (2015)Ĭurrency: Communaute Financiere Africaine Imports - commodities: capital goods, foodstuffs, petroleum Industries: Cotton lint, beverages, agricultural processing, soap, cigarettes,Įxports - commodities: gold, cotton, livestockĮxports partners: Switzerland 53.3%, India 14.5% (2015) Natural resources: Manganese, limestone, marble small deposits of gold,Īgriculture products: Cotton, peanuts, shea nuts, sesame, sorghum, millet, Religions: Muslim 55%, Christian 25%, Traditional beliefs 20%. Population), Bobo, Mande, Lobi, Fulani, Gourounsi, and Sénoufo. Nationality: Burkinabe (accent on last e).Įthnic groups: 63 ethnic groups among which are Mossi (almost half of the total Terrain: Savanna brushy plains and scattered hills.Ĭlimate: Sahelian pronounced wet and dry seasons. Location: Western Africa, north of Ghana. Independence: 5 August 1960 (from France).Ĭonstitution: 11 June 1991 formally adopted amended April 2000. Other Cities: Bobo-Dioulasso (450,000), Koudougou (90,000), Banfora, Dori, Blaise Compaore has managed to run down one of the poorest countries on the planet for 27 years.Ĭapital City: Ouagadougou (pop.1 million) In 2014 protests and mass uprising in Burkina led to the overthrow of long-serving ruler Blaise Compaore. Seasonal Burkinabe farm workers to find employment in neighboring countries.
In poor economic prospects for the majority of its citizens.Ĭote d'Ivoire and northern Ghana has hindered the ability of several hundred thousand Burkina Faso's high population density and limited natural resources result Repeated military coupsĭuring the 1970s and 1980s were followed by multiparty elections in the earlyġ990s. Spoken languages are French (official), and several native languages of the Niger–Congo family like Mossi, Fulani and Dioula, spoken by about 90% of the Burkinabe population.īurkina Faso achieved independence from France in 1960. state of Colorado.īurkina Faso has a population of 19 million (in 2016) capital and largest city is Ouagadougou. Burkina covers an area of 274,222 km², this is about three times the size of Austria, or slightly larger than the U.S. The country sits on an extensive plateau, it is bordered by Mali in north and north west, by Niger in north east, by Benin in south east and by Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Togo in south. Burkina's landscape offers one major scenario, flat, with some rocky cliffs in Centre-Nord region and at the Banfora Escarpment arround Bobo-Dioulasso, the country's second largest city. Of West Africa's "hump." The northern part lies geographically in the Sahel zone, the transition zone between the Sahara Desert in north and the tropical savanna in south.
Burkina Faso (formerly known as Upper Volta French: Haute Volta) is a landlocked country located in the middle A virtual guide to Burkina Faso, the 'land of the upright/honest people'.
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