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 Entity
 Burkina Faso 
 Main prefix
 XT 
 Callsigns series
 XTA-XTZ 
 Time zone
 0 h 
 Continent
 Africa 
 ITU zone
 46 
 CQ zone
 35 
 
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 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
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 Flag 
 Flag description 
Two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a yellow five-pointed star in the center; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia.
 
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 Burkina Faso 
 Capital: 
Ouagadougou
 Administrative
 divisions: 
13 regions: Boucle du Mouhoun, Cascades, Centre, Centre Est, Centre Nord, Centre Ouest, Centre Sud, Est, Hauts Bassins, Nord, Plateau Central, Sahel, Sud-Ouest.
 Population: 
14,373,958 (July 2007 est.)
Estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS, this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected.
 Languages: 
French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
13° 00' N, 2° 00' W
 Area total: 
274,200 sq. km
 Land area: 
273,800 sq. km
 Water area: 
400 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
3,193 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Benin 306 km, Cote d'Ivoire 584 km, Ghana 549 km, Mali 1,000 km, Niger 628 km, Togo 126 km
 Coastline: 
0 km (landlocked)
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m - Tena Kourou 749 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.bf
 Currency: 
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF)
responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
none
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Burkina Faso
 Former name: 
Upper Volta, Republic of Upper Volta
 Independence: 
5 August 1960 (from France)
 Constitution: 
2 June 1991 approved by referendum, 11 June 1991 formally adopted
 Government
 type: 
parliamentary republic
 National
 holiday: 
Republic Day, 11 December (1958)
 
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