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Categories: Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2009, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2014, Member states of the African Union, 1960 establishments in Africa, Least developed countries
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Burkina Faso  Upper Volta  Berkina faso  bf  Bourkina-Fasso
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A desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960 WordNet 3.0
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A desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of 274,200 km2, 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. Wikipedia
"BUR" is the International Olympic Committee country code for the country in Africa Wikipedia Disambiguation
Sovereign state in Africa Wikidata
A country in Western Africa whose capital is Ouagadougou. OmegaWiki
A country in West Africa. Official name: Burkina Faso. Formerly Upper Volta. Wiktionary
Country. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
country
state
landlocked country
PART OF
Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar
ANTHEM
Ditanyè
BASIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT
military junta
republic
CAPITAL
Ouagadougou
CENTRAL BANK
Central Bank of West African States
COAT OF ARMS
coat of arms of Burkina Faso
CONTAINS ADMINISTRATIVE TERRITORIAL ENTITY
Boucle du Mouhoun Region
Cascades Region
Centre
Centre-Est region
Centre-Nord Region
+8 relations
CONTINENT
Africa
COUNTRY
Burkina Faso
CULTURE
culture of Burkina Faso
CURRENCY
West African CFA franc
DIPLOMATIC RELATION
United States
Canada
China
Taiwan
North Korea
+7 relations
DRIVING SIDE
right
ELECTRICAL PLUG TYPE
Europlug
Type E
EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER
112
FLAG
flag of Burkina Faso
GEOGRAPHY OF TOPIC
Geography of Burkina Faso
HEAD OF GOVERNMENT
Lassina Zerbo
Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré
HEAD OF STATE
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
Blaise Compaoré
Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba
HIGHEST POINT
Mount Tenakourou
HISTORY OF TOPIC
history of Burkina Faso
LANGUAGE USED
French
Sucite language
Nanerigé language
Puguli language
Bissa language
+62 relations
LEGISLATIVE BODY
National Assembly
LOCATED IN TIME ZONE
Africa/Ouagadougou
UTC+00:00
LOCATED ON TERRAIN FEATURE
West Africa
LOWEST POINT
Black Volta
MEMBER OF
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
International Development Association
International Finance Corporation
Interpol
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
+21 relations
OFFICE HELD BY HEAD OF GOVERNMENT
Prime Minister of Burkina Faso
OFFICE HELD BY HEAD OF STATE
list of heads of state of Burkina Faso
military leader
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
French
REPLACES
French West Africa
Republic of Upper Volta
SHARES BORDER WITH
Benin
Ivory Coast
Mali
Ghana
Niger
+2 relations
TOP-LEVEL INTERNET DOMAIN
.bf
TWINNED ADMINISTRATIVE BODY
Kōnan
Bacău
Allier
WIKIMEDIA OUTLINE
Outline of Burkina Faso
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Burkina Faso, Upper Volta
Wikipedia
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Burkina Faso
Wikidata
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Burkina Faso
GeoNames
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Burkina Faso
Wiktionary
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Burkina Faso
OmegaWiki
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Burkina Faso
Wikipedia Redirections
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Berkina faso, Bourkina-Fasso, Bourkina Faso, Bourkina Fasso, Burkina, Burkina-Faso, Burkina faso, Burkina Fasoan, Burkina Fasso, Burkina Fatso, Burkinabè, Burkinafaso, Burkino Faso, Causes of food insecurity in Burkina Faso, Faso, food insecurity in Burkina Faso, food security in Burkina Faso, Hunger in Burkina Faso, Infrastructure in Burkina Faso, ISO 3166-1:BF, Maximes, pensées et devinettes mossi, Maximes, Thoughts and Riddles of the Mossi, People's Republic of Burkina Faso, Republic of Burkina Faso
Wikidata Alias
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bf, 🇧🇫, Republic of Upper Volta (-1984)

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