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Burkina Faso [a] is a landlocked country in West Africa, [6] bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km 2 (105,878 sq mi). In 2024, the country had an estimated population of approximately 23,286,000. [14]
An enlargeable topographic map of Burkina Faso. Geography of Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso is: a landlocked country; Population of Burkina Faso: 13,228,000(2005) - 68th most populous country; Area of Burkina Faso: 274,000 square kilometres (106,000 sq mi) - 74th largest country; Atlas of Burkina Faso
Köppen climate classification map of Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso has a primarily tropical climate with two very distinct seasons. In the rainy season, the country receives between 600 and 900 millimetres (23.6 and 35.4 in) of rainfall; in the dry season, the harmattan – a hot dry wind from the Sahara – blows. The rainy season lasts ...
The Republic of Upper Volta declared independence on 5 August 1960. [3] The first president, Maurice Yaméogo, [3] was the leader of the Voltaic Democratic Union (UDV). [6] The 1960 constitution provided for election by universal suffrage of a president and a national assembly for 5-year terms. [3]
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Per Law No.40/98/AN in 1998, Burkina Faso adhered to decentralization to provide administrative and financial autonomy to local communities. Most of these, according to their individual articles, were implemented on 2 July 2001. Burkina Faso is divided into 13 administrative regions. Each region is administered by a governor.
Eventually, in 1960, both Mali and Upper Volta (renamed Burkina Faso in 1984) gained independence, and their mutual frontier became an international one between two states. [2] As the precise on-the-ground demarcation of the boundary was frequently unclear, in 1968 the two states agreed to set up a joint commission to examine border demarcation ...
The border starts in the west at the tripoint with Ghana, and continues in a straight line orientated to the south-east. A short section then runs southwards along the Sansargou river, before a straight line veers to the north-east up to the 11th parallel north; the border then runs in a straight line immediately north of this parallel eastwards, terminating at the Beninese tripoint.