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Outline of Burkina Faso 
Summary
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Burkina Faso:
Burkina Faso – landlocked sovereign country located in West Africa.[1] It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the south east, Togo, Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the south west. Formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta, it was renamed on August 4, 1984, by President Thomas Sankara to mean "the land of upright people" in Moré and Dioula, the major native languages of the country. Literally, "Burkina" may be translated, "men of integrity," from the Moré language, and "Faso" means "father's house" in Dioula.
General reference edit
- Pronunciation: English: /bərˌkiːnə ˈfɑːsoʊ/ ⓘ; French: [buʁkina faso]
- Common English country name: Burkina Faso
- Official English country name: Burkina Faso
- Official language: French
- Common endonym(s): le Burkina, le Faso
- Official endonym(s): le Faso
- Adjectival(s): Burkinabe
- Demonym(s): Burkinabe
- International rankings of Burkina Faso
- ISO country codes: BF, BFA, 854
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:BF
- Internet country code top-level domain: .bf
Geography of Burkina Faso edit
- Burkina Faso is: a landlocked country
- Population of Burkina Faso: 13,228,000(2005) - 68th most populous country
- Area of Burkina Faso: 274,000 square kilometres (106,000 sq mi) - 74th largest country
- Atlas of Burkina Faso
Location edit
- Burkina Faso is situated within the following regions:
- Northern Hemisphere and lies on the Prime Meridian
- Time zone: Coordinated Universal Time UTC+00
- Extreme points of Burkina Faso
- High: Tena Kourou 749 m (2,457 ft)
- Low: Black Volta 200 m (656 ft)
- Land boundaries: 3,193 km
- Coastline: none
Environment of Burkina Faso edit
- Climate of Burkina Faso
- Protected areas of Burkina Faso
- Wildlife of Burkina Faso
- Fauna of Burkina Faso
Natural geographic features of Burkina Faso edit
- Glaciers in Burkina Faso: none [2]
- Lakes of Burkina Faso
- Rivers of Burkina Faso
- World Heritage Sites in Burkina Faso: The Ruins of Loropéni
Regions of Burkina Faso edit
Administrative divisions of Burkina Faso edit
Administrative divisions of Burkina Faso
Regions of Burkina Faso edit
Provinces of Burkina Faso edit
Departments of Burkina Faso edit
Municipalities of Burkina Faso edit
- Capital of Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou
- Cities of Burkina Faso
Demography of Burkina Faso edit
Government and politics of Burkina Faso edit
- Form of government: presidential republic
- Capital of Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou
- Elections in Burkina Faso
- Political parties in Burkina Faso
Branches of government edit
Executive branch of the government of Burkina Faso edit
Legislative branch of the government of Burkina Faso edit
Judicial branch of the government of Burkina Faso edit
Foreign relations of Burkina Faso edit
Foreign relations of Burkina Faso
International organization membership edit
Burkina Faso is a member of:[1]
Law and order in Burkina Faso edit
Military of Burkina Faso edit
- Command
- Forces
- Army of Burkina Faso
- Navy of Burkina Faso: None
- Air Force of Burkina Faso
- People's Militia
- Regiment of Presidential Security
History of Burkina Faso edit
Culture of Burkina Faso edit
- Cuisine of Burkina Faso
- Languages of Burkina Faso
- Media in Burkina Faso
- National symbols of Burkina Faso
- People of Burkina Faso
- Prostitution in Burkina Faso
- Public holidays in Burkina Faso
- Religion in Burkina Faso
- World Heritage Sites in Burkina Faso: none
Art in Burkina Faso edit
Sports in Burkina Faso edit
Economy and infrastructure of Burkina Faso edit
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 129th (one hundred and twenty ninth)
- Agriculture in Burkina Faso
- Communications in Burkina Faso
- Currency of Burkina Faso: Franc
- Energy in Burkina Faso
- Mining in Burkina Faso
- Stock Exchange in Burkino Faso: none – served by the regional stock exchange Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM) in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.
- Tourism in Burkina Faso
- Transport in Burkina Faso
- Water supply and sanitation in Burkina Faso
Education in Burkina Faso edit
Health in Burkina Faso edit
See also edit
- All pages with titles beginning with Burkina Faso
- All pages with titles containing Burkina Faso
- All pages with titles beginning with Burkinabé
- All pages with titles containing Burkinabé
- Index of Burkina Faso-related articles
- List of Burkina Faso-related topics
- List of international rankings
- Member state of the United Nations
- Outline of Africa
- Outline of geography
References edit
- ^ a b "Burkina Faso". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 3, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
- ^ The only glaciers in Africa are on Mt Kenya (in Kenya), on Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania), and in the Ruwenzori Mountains (which are located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo). See Proceedings of the Riederalp Workshop, September 1978; Actes de l'Atelier de Riederalp, septembre 1978): IAHS-AISH Publ. no. 126, 1980.
External links edit
Wikimedia Atlas of Burkina Faso
- Premier Ministère official government portal (in French)
- allAfrica - Burkina Faso news headline links
- Burkina Faso. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
- Burkina Faso at Curlie
- Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: Burkina Faso directory category
- University of Pennsylvania - African Country Studies: Burkina Faso
- Paper for All - Non-profit that focuses on education in Burkina Faso
- Burkina Faso : Selected web sites
