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In each country
Perhaps 1st time
Burkina Faso country is a Brand
Burkina Faso

Bordering countries
Benin
Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
Mali
Niger
Togo

Land area
274,200 Sq Km

Aprox Population
23.03 million
   
Government
National Government
Burkina Faso Government
National Law
NA
National Police
NA
National Capital
Ouagadougou
National Population
20,903,273
Latest population
Independence Day
August 5
National Helplines
Police - 17
Ambulance - 112
Fire - 18
Water emergency - 1111
Electricity emergency - 1130

Emergency numbers
Local numbers only

Interesting facts
Capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou. Written as “Wogodogo” in the Mòoré dialect, it literally means “You are welcome here at home with us”.

Want to speak a little Mòoré? “Yam Kibaré?” (How are you?) And your response: “Laafi Bala, La Yamba?” (I am fine and you?)

Gold is Burkina Faso’s main export, followed by cotton and animal products.

Burkina Faso is Africa’s largest producer of cotton.

Burkina is second only to South Africa as Africa’s largest producer of biotech crops (100% of it cotton), and had the world’s second-fastest growing acreage of biotech crops after Australia.







World Heritage Sites
W - Arly - Pendjari Complex
Ruins of Loropini
Ancient Ferrous Metallurgy Sites of Burkina Faso


Tourism spots, locations





Botanical Gardens






Zoos
Ouagadougou Zoo
Celebrities in Burkina Faso

Alidou Badini filmmaker
Boureima Badini politician
Serge Theophile Balima journalist, diplomat
Djibrill Yipene Bassole politician, diplomat
Francois Djobi Bassolet journalist, historian, cultural leader
Andre Bicaba sprinter
Nazi Boni politician, founder African Popular Movement
Juliette Bonkoungou ambassador, jurist
Blaise Compaore military captain, president
Francois Compaore politician
Joseph Issoufou Conombo former prime minister
Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly politician
Gabin Dabire singer, musician, composer
Noellie Marie Beatri Damiba journalist, diplomat
Boubacar Diallo filmmaker, author
Hama Arba Diallo politician, diplomat
Constantin Guirma prelate
Frederic Fernand Guirma politician, diplomat, writer
Henri Guissou politician, diplomat
Jacky Ido actor
Emile Ilboudo politician, diplomat
Monique Ilboudo human rights activist, lawyer, author
Gaston Kabore film director
Zabore "Zinda" Kabore politician
Joseph Ki-Zerbo politician, writer
Marthe Koala hurdler
Gerard Kobeane sprinter
Dramane Kone drummer
Bilgho Akaramata Kora musician
Moro Naba Kougri former king
Dani Kouyate actor
Aboubakar Sangoule Lamizana former president
Fanta Régina Nacro film director
Severine Nebie judoka
Adama Nombre civil engineer
Ablasse Ouedraogo politician, economist
Angelika Sita Ouedraogo swimmer
Fulgence Ouedraogo footballer
Gerard Kango Ouedraogo former prime minister
Idrissa Ouedraogo film director
Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo former president, physician
Joseph Ouedraogo trade unionist
Julien Ouedraogo sabre fencer
Rabaki Jeremie Ouedraogo road racing cyclist
Konkiswinde Hanatou Ouelogo judoka
Lassina Pare football referee
Thomas Isidore Noel Sankara military captain, revolutionary, theorist, former president
Thomas Sanon politician, diplomat
Idrissa Sanou athlete
Olivier Sanou athlete
Moussa Savadogo writer, playwright
Aristide Sawadogo basketball player
Marie Blandine Sawadogo politician
Salimata Sawadogo magistrate, ambassador
Jean Emile Somda jurist
Marie-Ange Somdah poet, writer
Malidoma Patrice Some writer
AIssata Soulama athlete
Luc-Adolphe Tiao journalist, prime minister
Irene Tiendrebeogo high jumper
Frederic Pacere Titinga solicitor, writer, poet
Sekou Traore filmmaker
Maurice Yameogo former president
S. Pierre Yameogo film director, screenwriter
Celine Yoda politician
Rene Jacob Yougbara swimmer
Dieudonne Yougbare bishop
Marlene Zebango politician
Saye Zerbo former president
Franck Zio long jumper
Henri Zongo military officer
Norbert Zongo newspaper publisher, editor
Alain Dominique Zoubga politician, physician
Paul Zoungrana cardinal

Tourism & Tourism Agencies in Burkina Faso

W - Arly - Pendjari Complex
Ruins of Loropéni
Ancient Ferrous Metallurgy Sites of Burkina Faso 

 

 

 
Interesting Facts in Burkina Faso
Capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou. Written as “Wogodogo” in the Mòoré dialect, it literally means “You are welcome here at home with us”.

It is located south of the Sahara Desert.

It was formerly known as Upper Volta, and adopted its current name after it gained its independence from France August 5, 1960.

The official language is French, since Burkina Faso was colonized by France. Other languages spoken include Mòoré, Gourma, Fulfulde, Dioula, Tamasheq.

Nationality: Burkinabe.

Burkina Faso has a population of 16.3 million.

The Mossi is the largest ethnic group in Burkina Faso.

Want to speak a little Mòoré? “Yam Kibaré?” (How are you?) And your response: “Laafi Bala, La Yamba?” (I am fine and you?)

Gold is Burkina Faso’s main export, followed by cotton and animal products. Burkina Faso is Africa’s largest producer of cotton. In 2010, almost 80% of the cotton planted in Burkina Faso was grown from genetically modified seeds. Burkina is second only to South Africa as Africa’s largest producer of biotech crops (100% of it cotton), and had the world’s second-fastest growing acreage of biotech crops after Australia. The Monsanto Company remains a major partner in this endeavor.

Limited Brands/Victoria’s Secret is looking to expand the quantity, and improve the quality and value, of organic cotton it has imported from Burkina since 2009 (currently only 1% of the market), as well as to improve significantly the livelihoods of the primarily women farmers. (This is interesting, given the information noted in #9.
Political Parties in Burkina Faso

Rivers in Burkina Faso

Black Volta river
Black Volta is a river that flows through Burkina Faso flowing about 1,352 km (840 mi) to the White Volta in Ghana. The Black Volta separates the Northern region of North Ghana's southern border and the Brong-Ahafo region of South Ghana's northern border. Black Volta forms a small part of the international border between Ghana and Ivory Coast, and also a section of border between Ghana and Burkina Faso, rising in western Burkina Faso.

Volta

 

Black Volta,
Red Volta
White Volta