Burkina Faso
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| Burkina Faso | |||||
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| National information | |||||
| National motto: | National motto: Unité, Progrès, Justice |
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| National anthem: | Une Seule Nuit | ||||
| About the people | |||||
| Official languages: | French | ||||
| Population: (# of people) | |||||
| - Total: | 13,228,000 (ranked 66) | ||||
| - Density: | 48 per km² | ||||
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| Capital city: | Ouagadougou | ||||
| Largest city: | Paris | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total: | 274,000 km² (ranked 40) | ||||
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| Currency: (Name of money) |
West African CFA franc | ||||
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| Telephone dialing code: | 226 | ||||
| Internet domain: | .bf | ||||
Burkina Faso is a country in West Africa. It used to be called Upper Volta. The country was once ruled by France, but it has been independent since 1960. The capital is Ouagadougou. In 2005, about 13,228,000 people lived in the country. It is next to Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. People from Burkina Faso are called Burkinabé (pronounced burr-KEE-na-bay).
[change] History
A long time ago, a group of people called the Dogon lived in Burkina Faso. In the nineteenth century, France became the colonial rulers of Burkina Faso. After World War I, the country was called Upper Volta. In 1960, Upper Volta became independent from France. In 1984, the name was changed to Burkina Faso.
| Countries and territories of Africa | |
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| Independent | Algeria • Angola • Benin • Botswana • Burkina Faso • Burundi • Cameroon • Cape Verde • Central African Republic • Chad • Comoros • Democratic Republic of the Congo • Republic of the Congo • Côte d'Ivoire • Djibouti • Egypt • Equatorial Guinea • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Gabon • The Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Kenya • Lesotho • Liberia • Libya • Madagascar • Malawi • Mali • Mauritania • Mauritius • Morocco • Mozambique • Namibia • Niger • Nigeria • Rwanda • São Tomé and Príncipe • Senegal • Seychelles • Sierra Leone • Somalia • Somaliland • South Africa • Sudan • Swaziland • Tanzania • Togo • Tunisia • Uganda • Zambia • Zimbabwe |
| Governed by other countries |
Canary Islands • Ceuta and Melilla • Madeira Islands • Mayotte • Réunion • Saint Helena and dependencies • Western Sahara |
