Burkina Faso
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Burkina Faso (/bərˌkiːnə ˈfɑːsoʊ/ (
listen) bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [byʁkina faso]) – an aa kent bi its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked kintra in Wast Africae. It is surroondit bi sax kintras: Mali tae the north, Niger tae the east, Benin tae the sootheast, Togo an Ghana tae the sooth, an Côte d'Ivoire tae the soothwast.
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| Caipital and largest city | Ouagadougou 12°20′N 1°40′W / 12.333°N 1.667°W |
| Offeecial leids | French |
| Recognised naitional leids | Mòoré Fulani Dioula |
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| Govrenment | Unitar semi-presidential republic |
• Preses | Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba |
| Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba | |
| Sidsoré Kader Ouédraogo | |
| Albert Ouédraogo | |
| Legislatur | Naitional Assembly |
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• frae Fraunce | 5 August 1960 |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 274,200 km2 (105,900 sq mi) (74th) |
• Water (%) | 0.146% |
| Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 21,510,181 (58th) |
• 2006 census | 14,017,262 |
• Density | 64/km2 (165.8/sq mi) (137th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $45.339 billion |
• Per capita | $2,207 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Tot | $16.226 billion |
• Per capita | $792 |
| Gini (2020) |  38.9medium |
| HDI (2019) |  0.452law · 182nd |
| Currency | Wast African CFA franc (XOF) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| Drivin side | right |
| Cawin code | +226 |
| ISO 3166 code | BF |
| Internet TLD | .bf |
The data here is an estimation for the year 2005 produced by the International Monetary Fund in April 2005. | |
Its size is 274,200 square kilometres (105,900 sq mi) wi an estimatit population o mair nor 15,757,000. Umwhile cawed the Republic o Upper Volta, it wis renamed on August 4, 1984, bi Preses Thomas Sankara tae mean "the land o upricht fowk" in Mòoré an Dioula, the major native leids o the kintra. Figuratively, "Burkina" mey be translatit, "men o integrity," frae the Mòoré leid, an "Faso" means "faither's hoose" in Dioula. The inhabitants o Burkina Faso are kent as Burkinabè (pronounced /bərˈkiːnəbeɪ/ (deprecatit template) bər-KEE-nə-bay).
Burkina Faso wis populatit early, atween 14,000 an 5000 BC, bi hunter-gatherers in the northwastren pairt o the kintra. Settlements wi farmers appeared atween 3600 an 2600 BC. The central pairt o Burkina Faso includit a number o Mossi kinricks, which became a French protectorate in 1896. Efter gainin independence frae Fraunce in 1960, the kintra unnerwent mony governmental chynges till arrivin at its current form, a semi-presidential republic. The current preses is Blaise Compaoré.
Burkina Faso's caipital is Ouagadougou. It is a member o the African Union, Community o Sahel-Saharan States, La Francophonie, Organization o the Islamic Conference an Economic Community o Wast African States.
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