Country Profile
Geography feature
Official name of country: Burkina Faso
Climate: tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers
Absolute Location :13 00 N, 2 00 W
Political Geography
Type of government: parliamentary republic
Capital: Ouagadougou
International Organization participation: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Size of armed forces:15,746,232
Cultural Geography
Language: French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population
Population: 15,746,232
Population growth rate: 3.109%
Major cities: Ouagadougou
Infant mortality rate: 13.3 deaths/1,000 population
Average life expectancy:
Male: 51.04 years
Female: 54.91 years
Religion: Muslim 50%, indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10%
Economic Geography
Natural resources: manganese, limestone, marble; small deposits of gold, phosphates, pumice, salt
Major agricultural and industrial products: cotton, peanuts, shea nuts, sesame, sorghum, millet, corn, rice; livestock cotton lint, beverages, agricultural processing, soap, cigarettes, textiles, gold
Major exports and imports: cotton, livestock, gold/
Capital goods, foodstuffs, petroleum
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