Burkina Faso
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Introduction - Burkina Faso: | Location - Burkina Faso: | Location | Western Africa, north of Ghana | | Geographic coordinates | 13 00 N, 2 00 W | | Map references | Africa | | Area | total: 274,200 sq km
land: 273,800 sq km
water: 400 sq km | | Area comparative | slightly larger than Colorado | | Land boundaries | total: 3,193 km
border countries: Benin 306 km, Cote dIvoire 584 km, Ghana 549 km, Mali 1,000 km, Niger 628 km, Togo 126 km | | Coastline | 0 km (landlocked) | | Maritime claims | none (landlocked) | | Climate | tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers | | Terrain | mostly flat to dissected, undulating plains; hills in west and southeast | | Elevation extremes | lowest point: Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m
highest point: Tena Kourou 749 m | | Natural resources | manganese, limestone, marble; small deposits of gold, phosphates, pumice, salt | | Land use | arable land: 17.66%
permanent crops: 0.22%
other: 82.12% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 250 sq km (2003) | | Natural hazards | recurring droughts | | Environment current issues | recent droughts and desertification severely affecting agricultural activities, population distribution, and the economy; overgrazing; soil degradation; deforestation | | Environment international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | | Geography note | landlocked savanna cut by the three principal rivers of the Black, Red, and White Voltas | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |