Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso

sovereign state, landlocked country, country

Part of	West Africa
Year dem found am	1960
Official name	Burkĩna Faso, Burkina Faso
Native label	Burkina Faso
Official language	Mooré, Bissa, Dioula
Anthem	Une Seule Nuit
Culture	culture of Burkina Faso
Motto text	Unity–Progress–Justice, Единство - прогрес - справедливост, Unité–Progrès–Justice, Unidad–Progreso–Justicia, Undod – Cynnydd – Cyfiawnder
Continent	Africa
Country	Burkina Faso
Capital	Ouagadougou
Located in time zone	UTC±00:00, Africa/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 ein basic form	republic, military junta
Office held by head of state	President of Burkina Faso, military leader
State ein head	Ibrahim Traoré
Office head of government hold	Prime Minister of Burkina Faso
Government ein head	Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla
Executive body	Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration
Legislative body	National Assembly of Burkina Faso
Central bank	Central Bank of West African States
Currency	West African CFA franc
Twinned administrative body	Allier, Bacău, Konan
Driving side	right
Electrical plug type	Europlug, Type E
Dey replace	Republic of Upper Volta, French West Africa, Emirate of Liptako
Studied by	Burkina Faso studies
Dema 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
Geography of topic	geography of Burkina Faso
Get characteristic	partly free country
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 or plans	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. As of 2021, de country get estimated population of 20,321,378. Na previously dem dey bell am Republic of Upper Volta (1958–1984), Presido Thomas Sankara wey rename am Burkina Faso. Dem know ein citizens as Burkinabè, wey ein capital den largest city be Ouagadougou. Dem often dey translate ein name go English as de "Land of Honest Men".

De largest ethnic group for Burkina Faso insyd be de Mossi people, wey settle for de area for de 11th den 13th centuries insyd. Dem establish powerful kingdoms lyk de Ouagadougou, Tenkodogo, den Yatenga. Insyd 1896, na de French colonize am as part of French West Africa; insyd 1958, Upper Volta cam turn self-governing colony within de French Community. Insyd 1960, e gain full independence plus Maurice Yaméogo as presido. Since e gain ein independence, na de country be subject to instability, droughts, famines den corruption. Various coups sanso take place for de country insyd, for 1966, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987, den twice for 2022 insyd, insyd January den September, as well as attempt insyd 1989 den anoda insyd 2015.

Demographics

Largest cities anaa towns insyd Burkina Faso According to de 2006 Census
	Rank	Name	Region	Pop.
Ouagadougou Bobo-Dioulasso	1	Ouagadougou	Centre	1,475,223	Koudougou Banfora
	2	Bobo-Dioulasso	Hauts-Bassins	489,967
	3	Koudougou	Centre-Ouest	88,184
	4	Banfora	Cascades	75,917
	5	Ouahigouya	Nord	73,153
	6	Pouytenga	Centre-Est	60,618
	7	Kaya	Centre-Nord	54,365
	8	Tenkodogo	Centre-Est	44,491
	9	Fada N'gourma	Est	41,785
	10	Houndé	Hauts-Bassins	39,458

Languages

Languages			percent
Mossi			40.5%
Fula			29.3%
Gourmanche			6.1%
Bambara			4.9%
Bissa			3.2%
Bwamu			2.1%
Dagara			2%
San			1.9%
Lobiri			1.8%
Lyele			1.7%
Bobo			1.4%
Senoufo			1.4%
Nuni			1.2%
Dafing			1.1%
Tamasheq			1%
Kassem			0.7%
Gouin			0.4%
Dogon			0.3%
Songhai			0.3%
Gourounsi			0.3%
Ko			0.1%
Koussasse			0.1%
Sembla			0.1%
Siamou			0.1%
Other National			5%
Other African			0.2%
French			1.3%
Oda non-indigenous			0.1%

Bibliography

• Rupley, Lawrence; Bangali, Lamissa & Diamitani, Boureima (2013). Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso. The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6770-3.

You fi read further

• Engberg-Perderson, Lars, Endangering Development: Politics, Projects, and Environment in Burkina Faso (Praeger Publishers, 2003).
• Englebert, Pierre, Burkina Faso: Unsteady Statehood in West Africa (Perseus, 1999).
• Howorth, Chris, Rebuilding the Local Landscape: Environmental Management in Burkina Faso (Ashgate, 1999).
• McFarland, Daniel Miles and Rupley, Lawrence A, Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso (Scarecrow Press, 1998).
• Manson, Katrina and Knight, James, Burkina Faso (Bradt Travel Guides, 2011).
• Roy, Christopher D and Wheelock, Thomas G B, Land of the Flying Masks: Art and Culture in Burkina Faso: The Thomas G.B. Wheelock Collection (Prestel Publishing, 2007).
• Sankara, Thomas, Thomas Sankara Speaks: The Burkina Faso Revolution 1983–1987 (Pathfinder Press, 2007).
• Sankara, Thomas, We are the Heirs of the World's Revolutions: Speeches from the Burkina Faso Revolution 1983–1987 (Pathfinder Press, 2007).

External links

• Official website, official government portal. (insyd French)
• LeFaso.net, a news information site (insyd French)
• Burkina Faso profile from ECOWAS
• Burkina Faso profile from the BBC News.
• News headline links from Al Jazeera.
• Burkina Faso, Democracy Now!
• Country profile at New Internationalist.
• Burkina Faso Business Facts from Bizpages