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1999-OCT-19

Republic of BURKINA FASO
(Ouagadougou)

Republic of BURKINA FASO

Flag or logo since 1984-08-04*
République du BURKINA FASO (fr) + Burkĩna Faso : BURKĨNA FASO (mos)n + BURKINA Faso (ff)n + BURKINA Faso (dyu)n + BURKINA Faso (bib)n UNO Member
Emblem or Symbol*

President Blaise Compaore
(ruler of BURKINA FASO since 1987-10-15)
 
 
 
 
Capitals & administrative places*: Ouagadougou
(Ouagadougou)
Official & national languages: Bisa (bib) . Dyula (dyu) . Fulbe (ff) . French (fr) . Mosi (mos) .
n national language

Mainland:


BURKINA FASO Republic of BURKINA FASO  (Ouagadougou)

45 Divisions:

BALE BALE Province  (Boromo)Local: Province des BALÉ (fr)  (Boromo)
BAM BAM Province  (Kongoussi)Local: Province du BAM (fr)  (Kongoussi)
BANWA BANWA Province  (Solenzo)Local: Province des BANWA (fr)  (Solenzo)
BAZEGA BAZEGA Province  (Kombissiri)Local: Province du BAZÈGA (fr)  (Kombissiri)
BOUGOURIBA BOUGOURIBA Province  (Diebugu)Local: Province de BOUGOURIBA (fr)  (Diébougou)
BOULKIEMDE BOULKIEMDE Province  (Kudugu)Local: Province du BOULKIEMDÉ (fr)  (Koudougou)
BULGU BULGU Province  (Tenkodogo)Local: Province du BOULGOU (fr)  (Tenkodogo)
COMOE COMOE Province  (Banfora)Local: Province de la KOMOÉ (fr)  (Banfora)
GANZOURGOU GANZOURGOU Province  (Bousse)Local: Province du GANZOURGOU (fr)  (Boussé)
GNAGNA GNAGNA Province  (Bogande)Local: Province de la GNAGNA (fr)  (Bogandé)
GURMA GURMA Province  (Fada Ngurma)Local: Province du GOURMA (fr)  (Fada-N´Gourma)
HOUET HOUET Province  (Bobo Dioulasso)Local: Province du HOUET (fr)  (Bobo-Dioulasso)
IOBA IOBA Province  (Dano)Local: Province de l´IOBA (fr)  (Dano)
KADIOGO KADIOGO Province  (Ouagadougou)Local: Province du KADIOGO (fr)  (Ouagadougou)
KENEDUGU KENEDUGU Province  (Orodara)Local: Province du KÉNÉDOUGOU (fr)  (Orodara)
KOMONDJARI KOMONDJARI Province  (Gayeri)Local: Province de la KOMANDJOARI (fr)  (Gayéri)
KOMPIENGA KOMPIENGA Province  (Pama)Local: Province de la KOMPIENGA (fr)  (Pama)
KOSSI KOSSI Province  (Nuna)Local: Province de la KOSSI (fr)  (Nouna)
KOURWEOGO KOURWEOGO Province  (Bousse)Local: Province du KOURWÉOGO (fr)  (Boussé)
KULPELOGO KULPELOGO Province  (Wargaye)Local: Province du KOULPÉLOGO (fr)  (Ouargaye)
KURITENGA KURITENGA Province  (Koupela)Local: Province du KOURITENGA (fr)  (Koupéla)
LERABA LERABA Province  (Sindu)Local: Province de la LÉRABA (fr)  (Sindou)
LOROUM LOROUM Province  (Titao)Local: Province du LOROUM (fr)  (Titao)
MOUHOUN MOUHOUN Province  (Dedugu)Local: Province du MOUHOUN (fr)  (Dédougou)
NAHURI NAHURI Province  (Po)Local: Province du NAHOURI (fr)  (Pô)
NAMENTENGA NAMENTENGA Province  (Bulsa)Local: Province du NAMENTENGA (fr)  (Boulsa)
NAYALA NAYALA Province  (Toma)Local: Province du NAYALA (fr)  (Toma)
NIOUMBEL NIOUMBEL Province  (Batie)Local: Province de NIOUMBEL (fr)  (Batié)
OUBRITENGA OUBRITENGA Province  (Ziniare)Local: Province de l´OUBRITENGA (fr)  (Ziniaré)
PASSORE PASSORE Province  (Yako)Local: Province du PASSORÉ (fr)  (Yako)
PONI PONI Province  (Gaoua)Local: Province du PONI (fr)  (Gaoua)
SAMMATENGA SAMMATENGA Province  (Kaya)Local: Province du SAMMATENGA (fr)  (Kaya)
SANGUIE SANGUIE Province  (Reo)Local: Province du SANGUIÉ (fr)  (Réo)
SENO SENO Province  (Dori)Local: Province du SÉNO (fr)  (Dori)
SISSILI SISSILI Province  (Leo)Local: Province du SISSILI (fr)  (Léo)
SOUM SOUM Province  (Jibo)Local: Province du SOUM (fr)  (Djibo)
SURU SURU Province  (Tugan)Local: Province du SOUROU (fr)  (Tougan)
TAPOA TAPOA Province  (Diapaga)Local: Province de TAPOA (fr)  (Diapaga)
TUY TUY Province  (Hounde)Local: Province de TUI (fr)  (Houndé)
UDALAN UDALAN Province  (Gorom-Gorom)Local: Province de l´OUDALAN (fr)  (Gorom-Gorom)
YAGHA YAGHA Province  (Sebba)Local: Province du YAGHA (fr)  (Seba)
YATENGA YATENGA Province  (Wahiguya)Local: Province du YATENGA (fr)  (Ouahigouya)
ZIRO ZIRO Province  (Sapouy)Local: Province de ZIRO (fr)  (Sapouy)
ZONDOMA ZONDOMA Province  (Gourcy)Local: Province du ZANDOMA (fr)  (Gourcy)
ZOUNDWEOGO ZOUNDWEOGO Province  (Manga)Local: Province de ZOUNDWÉOGO (fr)  (Manga)


1 Condominium:

TONG-TONG TAO Unclaimed Territory of TONG-TONG TAO  (Tong-Tong + Tao)Local: Territoire de TONG-TONG TAO (fr)  (Tong-Tong + Tao)




70 Organisations or Groupings membership (selective)


ACCORD Council of ACCORD [Council of Understanding]  (Abidjan)
AFRICAN BANK African Development Bank : AFDB  (Abidjan)
AFRICAN CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States : ACP STATES  (Brussels)
AFRICAN NATURE African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources : CONVENTION ON CONSERVATION  (Algiers)
AFRICAN UNITY Organization of African Unity : OAU  (Addis Ababa)
AIPO African Intellectual Property Organization : AIPO  (Yaounde)
ASECNA Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar : ASECNA  (Dakar)
CHEMICAL WEAPONS PROHIBITION Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons : OPCW  (The Hague)
CILSS Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel : CILSS  (Ouagadougou o + Niamey p + Bamako p)
COMMON FUND Common Fund for Commodities : CFC  (Geneva)
CUSTOMS World Customs Organization : WCO  (Brussels)
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations : FAO Specialized Agency  (Rome)
FIFA Federation of International Football Association : FIFA  (Zurich)
FRANCE-AFRICA Conference of Heads of State of Africa and France : FRANCE-AFRICA Summit  (Paris)
FRANCOPHONIE International Organization of The Francophonie : OIF  (Paris)
GENEVA CONVENTION GENEVA Convention  (Geneva)
GROUP OF SEVENTY-SEVEN GROUP OF SEVENTY-SEVEN at the United Nations [Coalition of Developing Countries]  (New York)
HAGUE CONVENTION Permanent Court of Arbitration : PCA  (The Hague)
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency : IAEA Specialized Agency  (Vienna)
IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development : IBRD  (Washington-District of Columbia)
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization : ICAO Specialized Agency  (Montreal)
ICC International Criminal Court : ICC  (Rome)
ICJ International Court of Justice : ICJ  (The Hague)
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development : IFAD Specialized Agency  (Rome)
ILO International Labour Organization : ILO Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
IMF International Monetary Fund : IMF Specialized Agency  (Washington-District of Columbia)
INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite Organization : INTELSAT  (Washington-District of Columbia)
INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION Inter-Parliamentary Union : IPU  (Geneva)
INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization : ICPO  (Lyons)
ISESCO Islamic Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization : ISESCO  (Rabat)
ISLAM Organization of the Islamic Conference : OIC  (Jedda)
ISLAMIC BANK Islamic Development Bank : IDB  (Jedda)
ISO International Organization for Standardization : ISO  (Geneva)
ITU International Telecommunication Union : ITU Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
LIPTAKO-GURMA Integrated Development Authority of Liptako-Gurma Region : ALG  (Ouagadougou)
NON-ALIGNED Non-Aligned Movement : NAM [Coordinating Bureau – Non-Aligned Movement Centre for South-South Technical Cooperation : NAM CSSTC]  (Durban + New York + Jakarta)
NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty : NPT  (New York)
ODCCP Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention : ODCCP Agency  (Vienna)
OHADA Organisation for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa : OHADA  (Yaounde)
OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights : OHCHR Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
OLYMPIC GAMES International Olympic Committee : IOC  (Lausanne)
PELINDABA TREATY African Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty : ANWFZ  (Pelindaba)
RED CROSS International Committee of the Red Cross : ICRC  (Geneva)
RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies : IFRCS  (Geneva)
REFRIGERATION International Institute of Refrigeration : IIR  (Paris)
SAHEL-SAHARAN STATES Community of Sahel-Saharan States : CEN-SAD  (Tripoli)
UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements Programme : UN-HABITAT Specialized Agency  (Nairobi)
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development : UNCTAD  (Geneva)
UNDP United Nations Development Programme : UNDP Specialized Agency  (New York)
UNEP United Nations Environmental Programme : UNEP Specialized Agency  (Nairobi)
UNESCO United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization : UNESCO Specialized Agency  (Paris)
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change : UNFCCC  (New York)
UNHCR United Nations High Commission for Refugees : UNHCR Agency  (Geneva)
UNICEF United Nations International Children´s Emergency Fund : UNICEF Specialized Agency  (New York)
UNIDIR United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research : UNIDIR Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization : UNIDO Specialized Agency  (Vienna)
UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women : UNIFEM  (New York)
UNITED NATIONS United Nations Organization : UNO  (New York)
UNOOSA Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies : OUTER SPACE Treaty  (Vienna)
UPEACE University for Peace : UPEACE  (Ciudad Colon)
UPU Universal Postal Union : UPU Specialized Agency  (Berne)
WAEMU West African Economic and Monetary Union : WAEMU  (Ouagadougou)
WEST AFRICAN STATES Economic Community of West African States : ECOWAS  (Abuja)
WFP World Food Programme : WFP  (Rome)
WHO World Health Organization : WHO Specialized Agency  (Pregny-Chambesy)
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization : WIPO Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
WMO World Meteorological Organization : WMO Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
WORLD BUSINESS International Chamber of Commerce : ICC [The Word Business Organization]  (Paris)
WORLD TOURISM World Tourism Organization : WTOO  (Madrid)
WORLD TRADE World Trade Organization : WTO  (Geneva)

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