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Burkina Faso
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Motto: "Unité, Progrès,
Justice" (French)
"Unity, Progress, Justice"
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Anthem: Une Seule Nuit (French)
One Single Night
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Capital
(and largest city)
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Ouagadougou
12°20′N, 1°40′W
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Official languages
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French, Indigenous
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Demonym
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Burkinabé
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Government
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Semi-presidential republic
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President
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Blaise Compaoré
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Prime Minister
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Tertius Zongo
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Independence
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from France
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Date
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August 5, 1960
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Area
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Total
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274,000 km² (74th)
105,792 sq mi
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Water (%)
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0.1%
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Population
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2005 estimate
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-13,228,000 (66th)
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1996 census
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10,312,669
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Density
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48/km² (145th)
124/sq mi
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GDP (PPP)
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2005 estimate
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Total
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$16.845 billion1 (117th)
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Per capita
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$1,284 (163rd)
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Gini (2003)
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39.5 (medium)
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HDI (2007)
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▲ 0.370 (low) (176th)
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Currency
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West African CFA franc (XOF)
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Time zone
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GMT
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Internet TLD
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.bf
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Calling code
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+226
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1
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The data here is an estimation for
the year 2005 produced by the International Monetary Fund in April 2005.
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