Burkina Faso
Basic Information
Official name: Burkina Faso
Native name: Burkina Faso
Population: 24,070,553
Area: 272,967 km²
Region: Africa
Sub Region: Western Africa
Capital: Ouagadougou
Coordinates: 13°, -2°
Landlocked: Yes
Political & Administrative
UN Member: Yes
Independent: Yes
Status: officially-assigned
ISO Code (Alpha-2): BF
ISO Code (Alpha-3): BFA
Olympic Code: BUR
FIFA Code: BFA
Top level domain: .bf
Start of week: monday
Currencies
West African CFA franc (Fr) - XOF
Languages
French (fra)
Timezones
UTC
Continents
Africa
Demonyms
eng: Burkinabe/Burkinabefra: Burkinabé/Burkinabée
GINI Index
2014: 35.3
Driving
Side: rightSign: BF
International Dialing
+226
Coat of Arms
