Outline of Burkina Faso explained

See also: Index of Burkina Faso-related articles.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Burkina Faso:

Burkina Faso  - landlocked sovereign country located in West Africa.^[1] It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the south east, Togo, Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the south west. Formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta, it was renamed on August 4, 1984, by President Thomas Sankara to mean "the land of upright people" in Moré and Dioula, the major native languages of the country. Literally, "Burkina" may be translated, "men of integrity," from the Moré language, and "Faso" means "father's house" in Dioula.

General reference

• Pronunciation: ; in French buʁkina faso/
• Common English country name: Burkina Faso
• Official English country name: Burkina Faso
• Official language: French
• Common endonym(s): le Burkina, le Faso
• Official endonym(s): le Faso
• Adjectival(s): Burkinabe
• Demonym(s): Burkinabe
• International rankings of Burkina Faso
• ISO country codes: BF, BFA, 854
• ISO region codes: See
• Internet country code top-level domain: .bf

Geography of Burkina Faso

Geography of Burkina Faso

• Burkina Faso is: a landlocked country
• Population of Burkina Faso: 13,228,000(2005) - 68th most populous country
• Area of Burkina Faso: 274000km2 - 74th largest country
• Atlas of Burkina Faso

Location

• Burkina Faso is situated within the following regions:
  • Northern Hemisphere and lies on the Prime Meridian
    • Africa
      • West Africa
• Time zone: Coordinated Universal Time UTC+00
• Extreme points of Burkina Faso
  • High: Tena Kourou 7490NaN0
  • Low: Black Volta 2000NaN0
• Land boundaries: 3,193 km

1,000 km

628 km

584 km

549 km

306 km

126 km

• Coastline: none

Environment of Burkina Faso

• Climate of Burkina Faso
• Protected areas of Burkina Faso
  • National parks of Burkina Faso
• Wildlife of Burkina Faso
  • Fauna of Burkina Faso
    • Birds of Burkina Faso
    • Mammals of Burkina Faso

Natural geographic features of Burkina Faso

• Glaciers in Burkina Faso: none ^[2]
• Lakes of Burkina Faso
• Rivers of Burkina Faso
• World Heritage Sites in Burkina Faso: The Ruins of Loropéni

Regions of Burkina Faso

Regions of Burkina Faso

Administrative divisions of Burkina Faso

Administrative divisions of Burkina Faso

• Regions of Burkina Faso
  • Provinces of Burkina Faso
    • Departments of Burkina Faso

Regions of Burkina Faso

Regions of Burkina Faso

Provinces of Burkina Faso

Provinces of Burkina Faso

Departments of Burkina Faso

Departments of Burkina Faso

Municipalities of Burkina Faso

• Capital of Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou
• Cities of Burkina Faso

Demography of Burkina Faso

Demographics of Burkina Faso

Government and politics of Burkina Faso

Politics of Burkina Faso

• Form of government: presidential republic
• Capital of Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou
• Elections in Burkina Faso
• Political parties in Burkina Faso

Branches of government

Government of Burkina Faso

Executive branch of the government of Burkina Faso

• Head of state: President of Burkina Faso
• Head of government: Prime Minister of Burkina Faso

Legislative branch of the government of Burkina Faso

• National Assembly of Burkina Faso (unicameral)

Judicial branch of the government of Burkina Faso

Foreign relations of Burkina Faso

Foreign relations of Burkina Faso

• Diplomatic missions in Burkina Faso
• Diplomatic missions of Burkina Faso

International organization membership

Burkina Faso is a member of:^[1]

• Alliance of Sahel States (AES)
• African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
• African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
• African Union (AU) (Suspended)
• African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID)
• Conference des Ministres des Finances des Pays de la Zone Franc (FZ)
• Council of the Entente (Entente)
• Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) (Suspended)
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• Group of 77 (G77)
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
• International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• International Criminal Court (ICCt)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
• International Development Association (IDA)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
• International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (correspondent)
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
• Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
• Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
• Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
• Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
• United Nations (UN)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
• United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
• United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS)
• United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI)
• United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)
• Universal Postal Union (UPU)
• West African Development Bank (WADB) (regional)
• West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
• World Confederation of Labour (WCL)
• World Customs Organization (WCO)
• World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
• World Trade Organization (WTO)

Law and order in Burkina Faso

• Constitution of Burkina Faso
• Human rights in Burkina Faso
  • LGBT rights in Burkina Faso
  • Freedom of religion in Burkina Faso
• Law enforcement in Burkina Faso

Military of Burkina Faso

Military of Burkina Faso

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief:
• Forces
  • Army of Burkina Faso
  • Navy of Burkina Faso: None
  • Air Force of Burkina Faso
  • People's Militia
  • Regiment of Presidential Security

History of Burkina Faso

History of Burkina Faso

Culture of Burkina Faso

Culture of Burkina Faso

• Cuisine of Burkina Faso
• Languages of Burkina Faso
• Media in Burkina Faso
• National symbols of Burkina Faso
  • Coat of arms of Burkina Faso
  • Flag of Burkina Faso
  • National anthem of Burkina Faso
• People of Burkina Faso
• Prostitution in Burkina Faso
• Public holidays in Burkina Faso
• Religion in Burkina Faso
  • Christianity in Burkina Faso
  • Islam in Burkina Faso
    • Ahmadiyya in Burkina Faso
• World Heritage Sites in Burkina Faso: none

Art in Burkina Faso

• Cinema of Burkina Faso
• Literature of Burkina Faso
• Music of Burkina Faso
• Theatre in Burkina Faso

Sports in Burkina Faso

Sports in Burkina Faso

• Football in Burkina Faso
• Burkina Faso at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Burkina Faso

Economy of Burkina Faso

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 129th (one hundred and twenty ninth)
• Agriculture in Burkina Faso
• Communications in Burkina Faso
  • Internet in Burkina Faso
• Currency of Burkina Faso

Franc

• • ISO 4217

XOF

• Energy in Burkina Faso
• Mining in Burkina Faso
• Stock Exchange in Burkino Faso: none  - served by the regional stock exchange Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM) in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.
• Tourism in Burkina Faso
• Transport in Burkina Faso
  • Airports in Burkina Faso
  • Rail transport in Burkina Faso
• Water supply and sanitation in Burkina Faso

Education in Burkina Faso

Education in Burkina Faso

Health in Burkina Faso

Health in Burkina Faso

See also

Burkina Faso

• • • • • Index of Burkina Faso-related articles
• List of Burkina Faso-related topics
• List of international rankings
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Africa
• Outline of geography

External links

• Premier Ministère official government portal (in French)
• allAfrica - Burkina Faso news headline links
• Burkina Faso. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
  • Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: Burkina Faso directory category
• University of Pennsylvania - African Country Studies: Burkina Faso
• Paper for All - Non-profit that focuses on education in Burkina Faso
• Burkina Faso : Selected web sites

Notes and References

1. Web site: July 3, 2009. Burkina Faso. The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 23, 2009.
2. The only glaciers in Africa are on Mt Kenya (in Kenya), on Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania), and in the Ruwenzori Mountains (which are located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo). See Proceedings of the Riederalp Workshop, September 1978; Actes de l'Atelier de Riederalp, septembre 1978): IAHS-AISH Publ. no. 126, 1980.