Explore Burkina Faso in Africa - Burkina Faso Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Burkina Faso with its capital Ouagadougou is located in Africa (Western Africa, north of Ghana). It covers some 274,201 square kilometres (slightly larger than Colorado) with 14,761,000 citizens. French is the language spoken by the majority in Burkina Faso. Niger, Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo and Mali are bordering countries.

Burkina Faso is one of the safest and friendliest countries in all of Africa. Although it receives only a small number of tourists per year, it is an excellent destination for anyone interested in seeing beautiful West African country and exploring African culture and music. You should always take precautions when traveling, but Burkina is a remarkably safe and respectful country. Women travelers rarely experience any problems. Greeting is a very important part of Burkinabé culture, it is virtually a slap in the face to ignore someone that has greeted you, or to not greet at all so it is a good idea to greet everyone you pass by.

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About Burkina Faso

The terrain offers mostly flat to dissected, undulating plains having hills in west and southeast. The average density of population is about 53 per km². The climate in can be described as tropical with warm, dry winters, hot, wet summers. Possible natural disasters include recurring droughts.

To reach someone in Burkina Faso dial +226 prior to a number. There are 167,000 installed telephones. And there are 3,299,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".bf". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz.

The country consists of 13 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso Tourism Information

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Ruins of Loropéni

The 11,130m2 property, the first to be inscribed in the country, with its imposing stone walls is the best preserved of ten fortresses in the Lobi area and is part of a larger group of 100 stone...

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Burkina Faso

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Burkina Faso is growing at an rate of 3.1% (or by 502,846 citizens). Each year 0 people enter this country (or 0.00 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 3.1%. Or an total increase of 502,846 citizens.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.