BURKINA FASO

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


Current national symbols

Historical symbols:
Republic of Upper Volta (1958-1984)
Burkina Faso (since 1984)

Ethnic symbols



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