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Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a country in Western Africa with its capital in Ouagadougou.
- Capital
- Ouagadougou
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
- Population
- 24.1 million
- Languages
- French
- Currency
- West African CFA franc (Fr)
- Area
- 272,967 km²
- Borders
- 🇧🇯 Benin 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 🇲🇱 Mali 🇳🇪 Niger 🇹🇬 Togo
💡 Name means 'Land of Honest People'. Was Upper Volta until 1984.
🧠 Means 'Land of Honest People'; was Upper Volta until 1984.
About the flag
Introduced in 1984 by Thomas Sankara when he renamed the country from Upper Volta to Burkina Faso, meaning land of upright people.
How to spot it: Two horizontal halves, red over green, with a single yellow five-pointed star in the centre.