Geographical position: Burkina Faso is located in Western Africa, north of Ghana.
The country’s climate is tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers.
Languages: French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population.
Ouagadougou is the capital of Burkina Faso.
Surface: 274,200 sq km
Population: 13,925,313
System of government: parliamentary republic
Capital: Ouagadougou
Religion: indigenous beliefs 40%, Muslim 50%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10%
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