Burkina Faso ƙasa ce dake yankin yammacin Afirka. A da chan ana kiranta da suna "Upper Volta",Kasar Faransa suka mulki Burkina Faso. Kuma ƙasar ta samu 'yanci kanta a shekara ta Alif 1960. Birnin Ouagadougou ne babban birnin ƙasar. A ƙidaya da akayi a shekara ta 2005 ya nuna cewa ƙasar Burkina faso na da kimanin mutane 13,228,000 suke zaune a ƙasar. Kasar Burkina faso ta haɗa boda da ƙasar Mali daga arewa maso yamma, kasar Nijar daga arewa maso gabas, ƙasar Benin tafarkin kudu maso gabacin kasar, sai kuma Ƙasar Togo da Ghana daga kudancin kasar, akwai kuma ƙasar côte ƊIvoire wanda ke yankin kudancin kasar. Ana kiran mutane 'yan asalin kasar Burkina faso da suna "Burkinabé" (furuci burr-KEE-na-bey). Tarihi ya nuna cewa ada can, a tsakanin karni na Goma sha biyar zuwa ƙarni na sha-shida al'umma daga mutanen da ake kira Dogon sun zauna a yankin arewacin da arewa-maso-yammacin Burkina faso. A cikin nasara sai Faransa ta karbi mulkin mallaka daga hannun masu mulkin Burkina faso. Bayan Yakin duniya II (na biyu), ƙasar ta yi kira bisa kogin volta.