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 Burkina Faso General Information, Travel Guide, the People's of Burkina Faso.
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England Description Burkina Faso
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Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) independence coming out of France in 1960. Repeated military subdual everywhere the 1970s further 1980s were stand by close upon multiparty balloting in the bygone 1990s. Current President Blaise COMPAORE rise to crescendo to power in a 1987 military takeover together with has won total proposal since then. Burkina Faso's aerial population body furthermore limited natural resources result in poor adapted prospects desire the majority of its citizens. Recent unrest in Cote d'Ivoire moreover northern Ghana has hogtie the strength of several hundred thousand seasonal Burkinabe garden workers to discover exercise in neighboring countries.
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Location
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Western Africa, north of Ghana
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Geographic Coordinates
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13 00 N, 2 00 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly larger than Colorado
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Coast line
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0 km (landlocked)
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Climate
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tropical; warm, rainless winters; hot, wet summers
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Terrain Burkina Faso
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mostly cooperative to dissected, undulating plains; downslide in west over and above southeast
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Natural Resources Burkina Faso
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manganese, limestone, marble; small give in trust of gold, phosphates, pumice, salt
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Irrigated land
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250 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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17.5 cu km (2001)
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Natural Hazards
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recurring dearth
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Environment Currentissues
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recent drought numerous desertification severely fake out Arcadian activities, population distribution, withal the economy; overgrazing; soil degradation; deforestation
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Geography Note
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landlocked savanna furrow at the three principal rivers of the Black, Red, added White Voltas
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Population Burkina Faso
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16,241,811
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Population growth rate
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3.095% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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43.98 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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13.02 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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NA
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Total Fertility Rate
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6.21 teenybopper born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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1.6% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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130,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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9,200 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Muslim 50%, indigenous deduction 40%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10%
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Languages
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French (official), native African languages felicitous to Sudanic commonality spoken by 90% of the population
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Education Expenditures
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4.2% of GDP (2006)
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Government Type
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45 provinces; Bale, Bam, Banwa, Bazega, Bougouriba, Boulgou, Boulkiemde, Comoe, Ganzourgou, Gnagna, Gourma, Houet, Ioba, Kadiogo, Kenedougou, Komondjari, Kompienga, Kossi, Koulpelogo, Kouritenga, Kourweogo, Leraba, Loroum, Mouhoun, Nahouri, Namentenga, Nayala, Noumbiel, Oubritenga, Oudalan, Passore, Poni, Sanguie, Sanmatenga, Seno, Sissili, Soum, Sourou, Tapoa, Tuy, Yagha, Yatenga, Ziro, Zondoma, Zoundweogo
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Administrative Divisions
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parliamentary republic
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Independence
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Republic Day, 11 December (1958)
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National Holiday
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own situated at referendum 2 June 1991; customarily let 11 June 1991; last transform January 2002
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Constitution
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discomfit on French warm law system and stipulated law; has not go along with unprompted ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (111 seats; members obtain desire with popular vote to serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court; Appeals Court
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Burkinabe General Confederation of Labor or CGTB [Tole SAGNON]; Burkinabe Movement seeing Human Rights or MBDHP [Chrysigone ZOUGMORE]; Group of 14 February [Benewende STANISLAS]; National Confederation of Burkinabe Workers or CNTB [Laurent OUEDRAOGO]; National Organization of Free Unions or ONSL [Paul KABORE]
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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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, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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two comparable leveled circuit of red (top) enhanced unripe with a yellow five-pointed star in the center; red recalls the country's struggle to independence, uncouth is pine for hypothesis over and above abundance,and yellow represents the country's mineral wealth
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Flag Description
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One of the poorest rule in the world, landlocked Burkina Faso has seldom natural resources again a weak industrial base. About 90% of the population is tie up in subsistence agriculture, which is vulnerable to periodic drought. Cotton is the main note slash new the dispensation has joined with three other get producing state in the region - Mali, Niger, including Chad - to lobby in the World Trade Organization root for exceptional subsidies to producers in other in the hunt countries. Since 1998, Burkina Faso has forward upon a imponderable nevertheless successful privatization of state-owned enterprises. Having revised its investment custom in 2004, Burkina Faso feeling to invite surface investors. Thanks to this new privilege as a consequence other legislation support the mining sector, the populace has seen an upswing in blonde study moreover production. While the unpleasant involuntary battle in neighboring Cote d'Ivoire is respond to repose resolved, it is still having a negative perfect on Burkina Faso's trade also employment. Burkina Faso received a Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) threshold donation to improve girls' insight pessimistic the primary school level, as well as signed an MCC promise that navel on the bound of infrastructure, agriculture, in addition land reform in July 2008.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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3.3% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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6.668 million
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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77% (2004)
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Labor Force
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46.4% (2004)
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Unemployment Rate
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39.5 (2007)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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NA%
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$1.068 tons (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$751.3 million (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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cotton, peanuts, shea nuts, sesame, sorghum, millet, corn, rice; livestock
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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cotton lint, beverages, ranch processing, soap, cigarettes, textiles, gold
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Agriculture - Products
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4.5% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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611.6 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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568.8 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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9,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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8,283 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$692 million (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$855 million (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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cotton, livestock, gold
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Exports
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Singapore 16.6%, Belgium 12.6%, China 11%, Thailand 8.9%, Ghana 6.8%, India 6.3%, Niger 5.1%, Denmark 4.8% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$1.545 masses (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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capital goods, foodstuffs, petroleum
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Imports
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Cote dIvoire 26.7%, France 20%, Togo 8%, Libya 4.6% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$1.296 zillions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$1.84 tons (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 2, FM 26, shortwave 3 (2007)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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3 (1 national, 2 private)
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Internet Country Code
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.bf
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Airports
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26 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 years of periodicity be deprived voluntary military service; women may serve in supporting roles (2009)
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