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📍 Essential Info
CapitalOuagadougou
TimezoneUTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Population23.5M
LanguagesMossi 52.9%, Fula 7.8%, Gourmantche 6.8%, Dyula 5.7%, Bissa 3.3%, Gurunsi 3.2%, French (official) 2.2%, Bwamu 2%, Dagara 2%, San 1.7%, Marka 1.6%, Bob...
Governmentpresidential republic
🔌 Practical Info
Driving SideRight
Electrical PlugsVaries
Internet Code.bf
Internet Users17%
GDP per Capita$2,500
🌍 Geography
LocationWestern Africa, north of Ghana
Size Comparisonslightly larger than Colorado
Climatethree climate zones including a hot tropical savanna with a short rainy season in the southern half, a tropical hot semi-arid steppe climate typical of the Sahel region in the northern half, and small...
Terrainmostly flat to dissected, undulating plains; hills in the west and southeast; occupies an extensive plateau with savanna that is grassy in the north and gradually gives way to sparse forests in the so...
👥 People & Culture
Ethnic GroupsMossi 53.7%, Fulani (Peuhl) 6.8%, Gurunsi 5.9%, Bissa 5.4%, Gurma 5.2%, Bobo 3.4%, Senufo 2.2%, Bissa 1.5%, Lobi 1.5%, Tuareg/Bella 0.1%, other 12.8%,...
ReligionsMuslim 63.8%, Roman Catholic 20.1%, Animiste 9%, Protestant 6.2%, other 0.2%, none 0.7% (2019 est.)
Median Age19 years
Life Expectancy64.2 years
National HolidayRepublic Day, 11 December (1958)
Cultural Information
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Data sourced from the CIA World Factbook