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Burkina Faso

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Burkina Faso

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EDM code : Etudiants Du Monde / Students of the World.
ITU code : International Communication Union.
FIPS code (FIPS 10-4) : intended for general use throughout the US Government.
ISO codes : International Organization for Standardization.

National Anthem

Against the humiliating bondage of a thousand years
Rapacity came from afar to subjugate them for a hundred years.
Against the cynical malice in the shape
Of neo-colonialism and its petty local servants.
Many gave in and certain others resisted.
But the frustrations, the successes, the sweat, the blood
Have fortified our corageous people and fertilized its heroic struggle.

CHORUS

And one single night has drawn together
The history of an entire people,
And one single night has launched its triumphal march.
Towards the horizon of good fortune.
One single night has brought together our people
With all the peoples of the World,
In the acquisition of liberty and progress.
Motherland or death, we shall conquer.
Nourished in the lively source of the Revolution,
The volunteers for liberty and peace
With their nocturnal and beneficial energies of the 4 of August
Had not only hand arms, but also and above all
The flame in their hearts lawfully to free
Faso forever from the fetters of those who
Here and there were polluting the sacred soul of independence and sovereignty.

CHORUS

And seated henceforth in rediscovered dignity,
Love and honour partnered with humanity,
The people of Burkina sing a victory hymn
To the glory of the work of liberation and emancipation.
Down with explotation of man by man !
Forward for the good of every man
By all men of today and tomorrow, by every man here and always !

CHORUS

Popular revolution our nourishing sap.
Undying motherhood of progress in the face of man.
Eternal hearth of agreed democracy,
Where at last national identity has the right of freedom.
Where injustice has lost its place forever,
And where from the hands of builders of a glorious world
Everywhere the harvests of patriotic vows ripen and suns of boundless joy shine.

CHORUS

Lyrics: Thomas Sankara

Burkina Faso - Physical geography

			Area :	274 200 Km2
			Water :	0.15 %
			Lands under cultivation :	13 %
			Wild pasture lands :	22 %
			Forests :	26 %

	Min. Height : 200 m (Mouhoun River)
	Max. Height : 747 m (Tenakourou)

Burkina Faso - Climate

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108

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178

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243

27°

138

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Temperatures °C (degrees Celsius) in Ouagadougou

Rainfall (mm) in Ouagadougou
(Average values for each month)

Burkina Faso - People
Nationality : Burkinabe
Main language(s) : French

2002

2005

Population (2005) :

13 232 000 people

2002

2005

Density :

48 people / Km2

Fertility rate :

6.54 children / woman

Life expectancy :

48 years

Urban population :

18 %


	Main cities :
	825 000 people		Ouagadougou (capital)
	270 000 people		Bobo-Dioulasso
	107 000 people		Koudougou
	100 000 people		Banfora
	75 000 people		Ouahigouya

Burkina Faso - Economy

	Currency :	Franc CFA (XOF) = 100 Centimes
	Rate of exchange (Sept.2004) :	1 Euro = 656 Francs CFA (XOF)
	GDP (Gross Domestic Product), 2002 :	2.84 billion dollars
	GDP per capita, 2002 :	215 dollars
	GNP (Gross National Product), 2005 :	5.24 billion dollars
	GNP per capita, 2005 :	396 dollars

Burkina Faso - Miscellaneous information

MAIN NATURAL RESOURCES (World rank 2003) :

- String-beans (4)
- Millet (5)
- Cotton (13)

- Sheeps
- Oxen

- Gold

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