Burkina Faso Country

Official name
Burkina Faso | Wikipedia
Capital
Ouagadougou | Map
Continent
Africa
Location
12.5000° Lat, -1.6667° Lon | Map
Code
BF
Time Zone
Africa/Ouagadougou (GMT, +0000)
Current Time
Related
Regions
Africa / Sub-Saharan Africa / Western Africa
Area
274,200 km2
Population
16,241,811
Currency
XOF (West African CFA franc) • Fr1 = 100 Centime
$1 = 563.4776700096 (Aug. 26, 2025, 4:59 p.m.)
Fr = $
Demonym
Burkinabè/Burkinabé (sing.); Burkinabè/Burkinabé (pl.)
Language(s)
French | fr-BF
Phone, TLD
226, .bf
Neighbors
Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Togo
Electrical
220V, 50Hz, Connector type(s): C, E