Burkina Faso
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| Anthem: Une Seule Nuit (One Single Night) | |
| Capital | [[has capital::Ouagadougou]] |
| Largest city | Ouagadougou |
| Official language(s) | French |
| Government | Parliamentary system |
| Area | |
| - Total | 274,200 km²2.742e+11 m² 27,420,000 ha 105,869.212 miles² (72nd) |
| 105,869 sq mi | |
| - Water (%) | 0.1% |
| Population | |
| - 2005 est. | 13,228,000 (countries by population|66th) |
| - Density | 51/km² (145th) 132/sq mi |
| GDP (PPP) | 2005 estimate |
| - Total | $16,916 million 1 (117th) |
| - Per capita | $1,326 (163rd) |
| HDI (2003) | 0.317 (175th) – low |
| Currency | [[Uses currency::CFA franc]] (XOF)
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| Time zone | [[Located in::GMT zone]] (UTC) |
| Internet TLD | [[Has internet TLD::.bf]] |
| Calling code | +226
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Burkina Faso is a landlocked nation in West Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the south east, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the south west. Formerly the Republic of Upper Volta, it was renamed on August 4, 1984 by President Thomas Sankara to mean "the land of upright people" (or "upright land") in Mossi and Dioula, the major native languages of the country. Independence from France came in 1960. Governmental instability during the 1970s and 1980s was followed by multiparty elections in the early 1990s. Several hundred thousand farm workers migrate south every year to Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana in search of paid labour. The inhabitants of Burkina Faso are known as Burkinabè or Burkinabé (pronounced [burki:nəˈbe:]).
