Burkina Faso
BF
ISO 2
BFA
ISO 3
+226
Calling
.bf
TLD
XOF Fr
Currency
Country facts
- Capital
- Ouagadougou
- ISO 2 Code
- BF
- ISO 3 Code
- BFA
- TLD
- .bf
- Calling code
- +226
- Currency
- XOF Fr
- Demonym
- Burkinabe
- Drives on
- right
- Area
- 272,967 km²
Weather in Ouagadougou
- Condition
- Partly cloudy
- Temperature
- 37.7°C / 99.9°F
- Wind
- 7.9 km/h
- Humidity
- 27%
- Pressure
- 1006.3 mb
- Local time
- 2026-06-01 17:45
- Timezone
- Africa/Ouagadougou
From Wikipedia
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. In 2024, the country had an estimated population of approximately 23,286,000. After independence it was called the Republic of Upper Volta from 1958 to 1984. It was renamed Burkina Faso by then-president Thomas Sankara. Its citizens are known as Burkinabes, and its capital and largest city is Ouagadougou.
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