Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a country in Western Africa, Africa. Its capital is Ouagadougou, home to roughly 19,751,535 people across 272,967 km² of land.
Key facts
- Capital
- Ouagadougou
- Continent
- Africa
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Population
- 19,751,535
- Land area
- 272,967 km²
- ISO codes
- BF / BFA
- Languages
- French
Did you know?
- Burkina Faso means "land of honest people," renamed from Upper Volta in 1984 under Thomas Sankara.
- FESPACO in Ouagadougou is Africa's largest film festival, held biennially since 1969.
- The Sindou Peaks are dramatic natural rock spires rising from the southwest savanna.
- Bobo-Dioulasso's Grande Mosquée is a masterpiece of Sudano-Sahelian mud-brick architecture.
- Hand-woven Faso Dan Fani cloth was promoted as a symbol of national pride and self-reliance.
Bordering countries
Benin
Ivory Coast
Ghana
Mali
Niger
TogoPractice with geography games
Studying Burkina Faso is easier when you put facts into practice. Try these free games to reinforce flags, capitals, and comparative geography.
- Flag Colors
Guess the country from a pie chart of its flag's exact color percentages — no symbols, just hues. Six tries with continent, capital, and blurred-flag hints.
- Flag Reveal
A national flag starts heavily blurred and sharpens second by second. Name the country before time runs out — four difficulty levels, unlimited guesses, scored by speed.
- Guess the Capital
See a country name and its flag — name the capital city in six tries. Hints reveal the first letter, subregion, language, and more.
- Country from Capital
Work backwards: a capital city is shown and you name the country it belongs to. Six tries with continent, population, and blurred-flag hints.