Burkina Faso
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| Motto: "Unité, Progrès, Justice" (French) "Unity, Progress, Justice" |
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| Orin orile-ede: Une Seule Nuit (French) One Single Night |
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| Oluilu (ati ilu totobijulo) |
Ouagadougou |
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| Èdè lìlò fún isẹ́ | French | |||||
| Demonym | Burkinabé | |||||
| Government | Semi-presidential republic | |||||
| - | President | Blaise Compaoré | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Tertius Zongo | ||||
| Independence | from France | |||||
| - | Date | August 5 1960 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 274,000 km² (74th) 105,792 sq mi |
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| - | Omi (%) | 0.1% | ||||
| Ìpọ̀síènìyàn | ||||||
| - | 2005 estimate | 13,228,000 (66th) | ||||
| - | 1996 census | 10,312,669 | ||||
| - | Density | 48/km² (145th) 124/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2005 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $16.845 billion1 (117th) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $1,284 (163rd) | ||||
| Gini (2003) | 39.5 (medium) | |||||
| HDI (2007) | ▲ 0.370 (low) (176th) | |||||
| Currency | West African CFA franc (XOF) |
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| Time zone | GMT | |||||
| Internet TLD | .bf | |||||
| Calling code | +226 | |||||
| 1 | The data here is an estimation for the year 2005 produced by the International Monetary Fund in April 2005. | |||||
