Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso

sovereign state, landlocked country, country

Inception	1960
Name in native language	Burkina Faso
Official name	Burkina Faso, le Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso
Native label	Burkina Faso
Short name	🇧🇫
Official language	French
Anthem	Une Seule Nuit
Culture	culture of Burkina Faso
Motto text	Unité - Progrès - Justice
Continent	Africa
Country	Burkina Faso
Capital	Ouagadougou
Located in/on physical feature	West Africa
Coordinate location	12°16′0″N 2°4′0″W
Coordinates of easternmost point	11°54′1″N 2°24′15″E
Coordinates of northernmost point	15°4′48″N 0°28′12″W
Coordinates of southernmost point	9°24′39″N 2°46′3″W
Coordinates of westernmost point	10°25′51″N 5°30′47″W
Highest point	Mount Tenakourou
Lowest point	Black Volta
Government hin basic form	republic, military junta
Office held by head of state	President of Burkina Faso, military leader
State hin head	Ibrahim Traore
Office held by head of government	Prime Minister of Burkina Faso
Government hin head	no value
Executive body	Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration
Legislative body	National Assembly
Central bank	Central Bank of West African States
Located in time zone	UTC±00:00, Africa/Ouagadougou
Currency	West African CFA franc
Twinned administrative body	Allier, Bacău, Konan
Studied by	Burkina Faso studies
Driving side	right
Electrical plug type	Europlug, Type E
Replaces	Republic of Upper Volta, French West Africa, Emirate of Liptako
Official website	https://www.gouvernement.gov.bf/accueil
Hashtag	BurkinaFaso
Top-level Internet domain	.bf
Flag	flag of Burkina Faso
Coat of arms	coat of arms of Burkina Faso
Has characteristic	partly free country
Geography of topic	geography of Burkina Faso
History of topic	history of Burkina Faso
Open data portal	Open Data Burkina Faso
Economy of topic	economy of Burkina Faso
Demographics of topic	demographics of Burkina Faso
Mobile country code	613
Country calling code	+226
Emergency phone number	112, 17, 18
Licence plate code	BF
Maritime identification digits	633
Unicode character	🇧🇫
Category for maps	Category:Maps of Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso (UK: /bɜːrˌkiːnə ˈfæsoʊ/, US: /- ˈfɑːsoʊ/ (listen); French: [buʁkina faso], Fula: 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮) be landlocked country for West Africa wey get area of 274,200 km² (105,900 sq mi). Edey share border for ein northwest plus Mali, den Niger for northeast, plus Benin for southeast, den Togo den Ghana for ein south, den plus Ivory Coast for ein southwest.