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Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,878 sq mi). In 2024, the country had an estimated population of approximately 23,286,000. Its citizens are known as Burkinabes, and its capital and largest city is Ouagadougou.
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WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED
Burkinabe
These are English demonyms for people from Burkina Faso. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.
Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS
Civilizations, flags & standards
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Turning points
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BEYOND THE MAP
Burkina Faso in the study desk
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Geography 1
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Where it is
Languages
Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.
What it sells, and to whom
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Trades with
Farms and fisheries
- maize
- sorghum
- fruits
- vegetables
- millet
- cowpeas
Largest cities
| Ouagadougou capital | 2,415,266 |
| Bobo-Dioulasso | 904,920 |
| Koudougou | 160,239 |
| Saaba | 136,011 |
| Ouahigouya | 124,587 |
Wars and conflicts
Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.
Money, belief and alliances
Money
Belongs to
Climate and geography
three climate zones including a hot tropical savanna with a short rainy season in the southern half, a tropical hot semi-arid steppe climate typical of the Sahel region in the northern half, and small area of hot desert in the very north of the country bordering the Sahara Desert
Climate zone
Highest point
Landmarks and landscapes
Landlocked. Northern hemisphere.
In charge right now
Figures from its history
Leaders before them
Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: government type, languages.