Burkina Faso

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landlocked country sovereign state

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

Aliases (2)

Upper Volta ×5
Upper Volta (French colony) ×1

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	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 → Organisation internationale de la Francophonie →
religionMajority	Islam →
religionSignificant	Christianity → traditional African religions →
timeZone	UTC+0 →
UNMemberState	true →
uses	West African CFA franc →

Referenced by (46)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bambara → Gur languages → Kwa languages → Niger–Congo languages → Nilo-Saharan phylum → Songhay languages →	spokenIn
CEN-SAD → ECCAS → ECOWAS → French Community ("Upper Volta") →	memberState
Benin → Côte d'Ivoire → Mali →	borderedBy
Atlantic–Congo languages → West African languages →	areSpokenIn
Ghana → Niger →	borderCountry
Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → Islamic Development Bank →	hasMember
Bureau of African Affairs →	appliesPolicyTo
Blue People →	associatedWithRegion
Sub-Saharan Africa →	contains
West Africa →	containsCountry
Tuareg →	country
Prime Meridian →	countryCrossed
ECA Subregional Office for West Africa →	countryServed
Niger River →	drainageBasinCountry
Office of the Special Envoy for the Sahel →	focusesOnCountry
Burkina Faso ("Upper Volta") →	formerName
Togo →	hasBorderWith
Governor-General of French West Africa ("Upper Volta (French colony)") →	hasJurisdictionOver
Francophonie →	hasMajorMember
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation →	hasMemberState
Volta River ("Upper Volta") →	hasPart
French West Africa ("Upper Volta") →	includesTerritory
Sahel →	locatedIn
Operation Barkhane →	location
GMT →	observedAsStandardTimeIn
French →	officialLanguageOf
Haredi Jews →	populationCenter
Fulani →	presentInCountry
Phacochoerus africanus →	rangeCountry
Blue Men of the Sahara →	region
Trust Territory of Togoland under French administration ("Upper Volta") →	sharesBorderWith
French West Africa →	successorState
Central European Summer Time →	usedIn