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TogoAbout Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a country in West Africa, one of the 54 countries of Africa on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Burkina Faso. In Arabic, the name is written بوركينا فاسو, and the capital واغادوغو. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
The capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou. Ouagadougou lies at about 12° north and 2° west. The official language of Burkina Faso is French. Its currency is the West African CFA Franc, with the symbol Fr and the international code XOF. 7 other countries use the same currency, including Niger, Mali, and Côte d'Ivoire.
Burkina Faso covers about 272,967 square kilometres, which puts it 74th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It is landlocked, with no coastline, and has 6 neighbours: Niger, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Benin, and Togo. The largest of these neighbours by area is Niger. Other countries in West Africa include Mauritania, Nigeria, and Guinea. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Africa quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Burkina Faso with the other countries of the same region.