Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso (UK: /bɜːrˌkiːnə ˈfæsoʊ/, US: /- ˈfɑːsoʊ/ (listen); French: [buʁkina faso], Fula: 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮) be landlocked country for West Africa wey get area of 274,200 km2 (105,900 sq mi)."Burkina Faso". The World Factbook (2024 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 25 December 2023. Edey share border for ein northwest plus Mali, den Niger for northeast, plus Benin for southeast, den Togo den Ghana for ein south, den plus Ivory Coast for ein southwest. As of 2021, de country get estimated population of 20,321,378."Burkina Faso Population 2021 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs)". worldpopulationreview.com. Na previously dem dey bell am Republic of Upper Volta (1958–1984), Presido Thomas Sankara wey rename am Burkina Faso. Dem know ein citizens as Burkinabè, wey ein capital den largest city be Ouagadougou. Dem often dey translate ein name go English as de "Land of Honest Men"."Burkina Faso country profile". BBC News. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2023.

De largest ethnic group for Burkina Faso insyd be de Mossi people, wey settle for de area for de 11th den 13th centuries insyd. Dem establish powerful kingdoms lyk de Ouagadougou, Tenkodogo, den Yatenga. Insyd 1896, na de French colonize am as part of French West Africa; insyd 1958, Upper Volta cam turn self-governing colony within de French Community. Insyd 1960, e gain full independence plus Maurice Yaméogo as presido. Since e gain ein independence, na de country be subject to instability, droughts, famines den corruption. Various coups sanso take place for de country insyd, for 1966, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987, den twice for 2022 insyd, insyd January den September, as well as attempt insyd 1989 den anoda insyd 2015.

 Demographics 
Largest cities anaa towns insyd Burkina Faso

According to de 2006 Census"Burkina Faso: Regions, Cities & Urban Localities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de.RankNameRegionPop.Ouagadougou
Bobo-Dioulasso1OuagadougouCentre1,475,223Koudougou
Banfora2Bobo-DioulassoHauts-Bassins489,9673KoudougouCentre-Ouest88,1844BanforaCascades75,9175OuahigouyaNord73,1536PouytengaCentre-Est60,6187KayaCentre-Nord54,3658TenkodogoCentre-Est44,4919Fada N'gourmaEst41,78510HoundéHauts-Bassins39,458

 Languages 
LanguagespercentMossi 40.5%Fula 29.3%Gourmanche 6.1%Bambara 4.9%Bissa 3.2%Bwamu 2.1%Dagara 2%San 1.9%Lobiri 1.8%Lyele 1.7%Bobo 1.4%Senoufo 1.4%Nuni 1.2%Dafing 1.1%Tamasheq 1%Kassem 0.7%Gouin 0.4%Dogon 0.3%Songhai 0.3%Gourounsi 0.3%Ko 0.1%Koussasse 0.1%Sembla 0.1%Siamou 0.1%Other National 5%Other African 0.2%French 1.3%Oda non-indigenous 0.1%

 References 

Category:Burkina Faso
Category:Former French colonies
Category:French-speaking countries den territories
Category:Economic Community of West African States
Category:French West Africa
Category:Landlocked countries
Category:Least developed countries
Category:Member states of de African Union
Category:Member states of de United Nations
Category:Member states of de Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
Category:Member states of de Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
Category:1960 establishments for Burkina Faso insyd
Category:1960 establishments insyd Africa
Category:States den territories dem establish insyd 1960
Category:Republics
Category:West African countries
Category:Countries for Africa insyd

 Bibliography 

 Rupley, Lawrence; Bangali, Lamissa & Diamitani, Boureima (2013). Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso. The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6770-3.

 You fi read further 

 Engberg-Perderson, Lars, Endangering Development: Politics, Projects, and Environment in Burkina Faso (Praeger Publishers, 2003).
 Englebert, Pierre, Burkina Faso: Unsteady Statehood in West Africa (Perseus, 1999).
 Howorth, Chris, Rebuilding the Local Landscape: Environmental Management in Burkina Faso (Ashgate, 1999).
 McFarland, Daniel Miles and Rupley, Lawrence A, Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso (Scarecrow Press, 1998).
 Manson, Katrina and Knight, James, Burkina Faso (Bradt Travel Guides, 2011).
 Roy, Christopher D and Wheelock, Thomas G B, Land of the Flying Masks: Art and Culture in Burkina Faso: The Thomas G.B. Wheelock Collection (Prestel Publishing, 2007).
 Sankara, Thomas, Thomas Sankara Speaks: The Burkina Faso Revolution 1983–1987 (Pathfinder Press, 2007).
 Sankara, Thomas, We are the Heirs of the World's Revolutions: Speeches from the Burkina Faso Revolution 1983–1987 (Pathfinder Press, 2007).
 External links 

 Official website, official government portal. (insyd French)
 LeFaso.net, a news information site (insyd French)
 Burkina Faso profile from ECOWAS
 Burkina Faso profile from the BBC News.
 News headline links from Al Jazeera.
 Burkina Faso, Democracy Now!
 Country profile at New Internationalist.
 Burkina Faso Business Facts from Bizpages