Burkina Faso

E42862
landlocked country sovereign state

Burkina Faso is a landlocked West African country known for its diverse cultures, Sahelian landscapes, and capital city, Ouagadougou.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Burkina Faso canonical 213
Upper Volta 8
Benin 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf landlocked country ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
borderedBy Benin ⓘ
Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
callingCode +226 ⓘ
capital Ouagadougou ⓘ
climate Sahelian ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
countryCodeISO2 BF ⓘ
countryCodeISO3 BFA ⓘ
currency West African CFA franc ⓘ
currencyCode XOF ⓘ
demonym Burkinabè ⓘ
drivesOn right ⓘ
flagColor green ⓘ
red ⓘ
yellow ⓘ
formerName Burkina Faso self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Upper Volta
governmentType semi-presidential republic ⓘ
hasCapitalRegion Centre Region ⓘ
hasMajorCity Bobo-Dioulasso ⓘ
Koudougou ⓘ
Ouahigouya ⓘ
independenceDate 1960-08-05 ⓘ
independenceFrom France ⓘ
internetTLD .bf ⓘ
landlocked true ⓘ
largestCity Ouagadougou ⓘ
locatedIn West Africa ⓘ
motto Unité – Progrès – Justice ⓘ
nameChangedIn 1984 ⓘ
nationalAssemblyName National Assembly of Burkina Faso ⓘ
nationalLanguage Dioula ⓘ
Mooré ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
officialReligion none ⓘ
region Sahel ⓘ
regionalOrganization African Union ⓘ
ECOWAS ⓘ
G5 Sahel ⓘ
Francophonie ⓘ
surface form: Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
religionMajority Islam ⓘ
religionSignificant Christianity ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
timeZone UTC+0 ⓘ
UNMemberState true ⓘ
uses West African CFA franc ⓘ

Referenced by (226)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

GMT → observedAsStandardTimeIn → Burkina Faso ⓘ
West African languages → areSpokenIn → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Bureau of African Affairs → appliesPolicyTo → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation → hasMemberState → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Tuareg → country → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Central European Summer Time → usedIn → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages → spokenIn → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Fulani → presentInCountry → Burkina Faso ⓘ
West Africa → containsCountry → Burkina Faso ⓘ
ECOWAS → memberState → Burkina Faso ⓘ
ECA Subregional Office for West Africa → countryServed → Burkina Faso ⓘ
French → officialLanguageOf → Burkina Faso ⓘ
French West Africa → includesTerritory → Burkina Faso ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Volta
French West Africa → successorState → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Sub-Saharan Africa → contains → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Prime Meridian → countryCrossed → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Sahel → locatedIn → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Niger → borderCountry → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Francophonie → hasMajorMember → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Ghana → borderCountry → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Operation Barkhane → location → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Niger River → drainageBasinCountry → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Kwa languages → spokenIn → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Bambara → spokenIn → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Songhay languages → spokenIn → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Office of the Special Envoy for the Sahel → focusesOnCountry → Burkina Faso ⓘ
ECCAS → memberState → Burkina Faso ⓘ
CEN-SAD → memberState → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Benin → borderedBy → Burkina Faso ⓘ
French Community → memberState → Burkina Faso ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Volta
Blue People → associatedWithRegion → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Blue Men of the Sahara → region → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Mali → borderedBy → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Togo → hasBorderWith → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → hasMember → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Burkina Faso → formerName → Burkina Faso self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Volta
Côte d'Ivoire → borderedBy → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Phacochoerus africanus → rangeCountry → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Nilo-Saharian phylum → spokenIn → Burkina Faso ⓘ
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
Islamic Development Bank → hasMember → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Gur languages → spokenIn → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Atlantic–Congo languages → areSpokenIn → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Fulfulde → spokenIn → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Fula language → spokenIn → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Mande languages → spokenIn → Burkina Faso ⓘ
Francophone Africa → includesCountry → Burkina Faso ⓘ
ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development → countryOfMembers → Burkina Faso ⓘ
West African Development Bank → countryServed → Burkina Faso ⓘ
West African CFA franc → usedInCountry → Burkina Faso ⓘ