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Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso
Standards
Road Traffic:right side
Electricity:
Voltage:220V
Frequency:50 Hz
Plug types:C, E,
TV Systems:
System:SECAM K1
DVD-Region: 5
Geography
Bordering countries:
Benin 306 kmCote d'Ivoire 584 kmGhana 549 kmMali 1,000 kmNiger 628 kmTogo 126 km

Location:
Western Africa, north of Ghana
Area:
total: 274,200 sq km
land: 273,800 sq km
water: 400 sq km
Climate:
tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers
Terrain:
mostly flat to dissected, undulating plains; hills in west and southeast
Economy
GDP:
$17.82 billion (2008 est.)
$17.05 billion (2007)
$16.46 billion (2006)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
GDP growth rate:
4.5% (2008 est.)
3.6% (2007 est.)
GDP per capita:
$1,200 (2008 est.)
$1,200 (2007 est.)
$1,100 (2006 est.)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Inflation rate: 7.3% (2008 est.)
Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States
Exchange rates:
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 447.81 (2008 est.), 493.51 (2007), 522.59 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004)
note: since 1 January 1999, the West African CFA franc (XOF) has been pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 CFA francs per euro; West African CFA franc (XOF) coins and banknotes are not accepted in countries using Central African CFA francs (XAF), and vice versa, even though the two currencies trade at par
People
Population:
15,746,232
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2009 est.)
Growth rate: 3.103% (2009 est.)
Religions:
Muslim 50%, indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10%
Languages:
French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population
Government
Capital:
name: Ouagadougou
time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Independence:
5 August 1960 (from France)


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