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Capital | Ouagadougou |
Government | Parliamentary republic |
Currency | Communaute Financiere Africaine Franc (XOF) |
Area | 274,200 sq km |
Population | 13,925,313 (July 2006 est.) |
Language | French (official) and native African languages belonging to Sudanic family, spoken by 90% of the population |
Religion | indigenous beliefs 40%, Muslim 50%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10% |
Electricity | 220V/50Hz (European plug) |
Calling Code | +226 |
Internet TLD | .bf |
Time Zone | UTC |
Burkina Faso , formerly Upper Volta, is a landlocked country 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.