Ethnic symbols
| Name: | Burkina Faso |
| Local name (French): | Burkina Faso |
| Former name: | Upper Volta (Haute-Volta) - until 1984 |
| Bordering countries: | Niger, Mali, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 274.2 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 13 228 ths. |
| Capital: | Ouagadougou |
| Official language: | French |