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Burkina Faso |
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| Capital: |
Ouagadougou |
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| Region: |
Africa |
| Subregion: |
Western Africa |
| Area: |
272967 |
| Population size: (2025-06-19 23:41) |
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| Auto code: |
BF |
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| CallingCode: |
+226 |
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| International organizations: |
| OIC |
Organization of Islamic Cooperation |
| WTO |
world Trade organisation |
| ECOWAS |
Economic Community of West African Countries |
| UEMOA |
West African Economic and Monetary Union |
| CEN-SAD |
Community of Sahelo-Saharan States |
| ACP-EU |
Countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific |
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 A country, state, region... (109) |
| Second-order administrative division (ADM2)
(A subdivision of a first-order administrative division) | 45 | | Third-order administrative division (ADM3)
(A subdivision of a second-order administrative division) | 50 | | Independent political entity (PCLI)
| 1 | | First-order administrative division (ADM1)
(A primary administrative division of a country, such as a state in the United States) | 13 | |
 Stream, lake... (777) |
| Stream (STM)
(A body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land) | 145 | | Intermittent stream (STMI)
| 523 | | Waterhole(s) (WTRH)
(A natural hole, hollow, or small depression that contains water, used by man and animals, especially in arid areas) | 35 | | Wetland (WTLD)
(An area subject to inundation, usually characterized by bog, marsh, or swamp vegetation) | 29 | | Lake (LK)
(A large inland body of standing water) | 22 | | Marsh(es) (MRSH)
(A wetland dominated by grass-like vegetation) | 1 | | Spring(s) (SPNG)
(A place where ground water flows naturally out of the ground) | 2 | | Well (WLL)
(A cylindrical hole, pit, or tunnel drilled or dug down to a depth from which water, oil, or gas can be pumped or brought to the surface) | 4 | | Section of intermittent stream (STMIX)
| 2 | | Waterfall(s) (FLLS)
(A perpendicular or very steep descent of the water of a stream) | 1 | | Intermittent lake (LKI)
| 2 | | Intermittent pond (PNDI)
| 1 | | Section of stream (STMX)
| 1 | | Ravine(s) (RVN)
(A small, narrow, deep, steep-sided stream channel, smaller than a gorge) | 1 | | Reservoir(s) (RSV)
(An artificial pond or lake) | 4 | | Watercourse (WTRC)
(A natural, well-defined channel produced by flowing water, or an artificial channel designed to carry flowing water) | 4 | |
 Parks, area ... (144) |
| Forest reserve (RESF)
(A forested area set aside for preservation or controlled use) | 51 | | Locality (LCTY)
(A minor area or place of unspecified or mixed character and indefinite boundaries) | 67 | | Region (RGN)
(An area distinguished by one or more observable physical or cultural characteristics) | 2 | | Area (AREA)
(A tract of land without homogeneous character or boundaries) | 13 | | Park (PRK)
(An area, often of forested land, maintained as a place of beauty, or for recreation) | 1 | | Reservation (RESV)
(A tract of land set aside for aboriginal, tribal, or native populations) | 1 | | Reserve (RES)
(A tract of public land reserved for future use or restricted as to use) | 1 | | Nature reserve (RESN)
(An area reserved for the maintenance of a natural habitat) | 2 | | Industrial area (INDS)
(An area characterized by industrial activity) | 2 | | Mining area (MNA)
(An area of mine sites where minerals and ores are extracted) | 1 | | Grazing area (GRAZ)
(An area of grasses and shrubs used for grazing) | 1 | | Hunting reserve (RESH)
(A tract of land used primarily for hunting) | 2 | |
 City, village... (9974) |
| Populated place (PPL)
(A city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work) | 9846 | | Seat of a second-order administrative division (PPLA2)
| 32 | | Seat of a third-order administrative division (PPLA3)
| 32 | | Seat of a first-order administrative division (PPLA)
(Seat of a first-order administrative division (PPLC takes precedence over PPLA)) | 11 | | Abandoned populated place (PPLQ)
| 1 | | Section of populated place (PPLX)
| 42 | | Capital of a political entity (PPLC)
| 1 | | Populated locality (PPLL)
(An area similar to a locality but with a small group of dwellings or other buildings) | 7 | | Historical populated place (PPLH)
(A populated place that no longer exists) | 2 | |
 Spot, building, farm (490) |
| Camp(s) (CMP)
(A site occupied by tents, huts, or other shelters for temporary use) | 374 | | Ruin(s) (RUIN)
(A destroyed or decayed structure which is no longer functional) | 18 | | Mine(s) (MN)
(A site where mineral ores are extracted from the ground by excavating surface pits and subterranean passages) | 5 | | Farm (FRM)
(A tract of land with associated buildings devoted to agriculture) | 3 | | Railroad stop (RSTP)
(A place lacking station facilities where trains stop to pick up and unload passengers and freight) | 1 | | Monastery (MSTY)
(A building and grounds where a community of monks lives in seclusion) | 1 | | Dam (DAM)
(A barrier constructed across a stream to impound water) | 2 | | Airport (AIRP)
(A place where aircraft regularly land and take off, with runways, navigational aids, and major facilities for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo) | 31 | | Hotel (HTL)
(A building providing lodging and/or meals for the public) | 10 | | Tower (TOWR)
(A high conspicuous structure, typically much higher than its diameter) | 2 | | University (UNIV)
(An institution for higher learning with teaching and research facilities constituting a graduate school and professional schools that award master's degrees and doctorates and an undergraduate division that awards bachelor's degrees.) | 3 | | Bank (BANK)
(A business establishment in which money is kept for saving or commercial purposes or is invested, supplied for loans, or exchanged. ) | 18 | | Stadium (STDM)
(A structure with an enclosure for athletic games with tiers of seats for spectators) | 1 | | Medical center (CTRM)
(A complex of health care buildings including two or more of the following: hospital, medical school, clinic, pharmacy, doctor's offices, etc.) | 1 | | College (SCHC)
(The grounds and buildings of an institution of higher learning) | 1 | | Palace (PAL)
(A large stately house, often a royal or presidential residence) | 2 | | Hospital (HSP)
(A building in which sick or injured, especially those confined to bed, are medically treated) | 1 | | Mission (MSSN)
(A place characterized by dwellings, school, church, hospital and other facilities operated by a religious group for the purpose of providing charitable services and to propagate religion) | 1 | | School (SCH)
(Building(s) where instruction in one or more branches of knowledge takes place) | 2 | | Novitiate (NOV)
(A religious house or school where novices are trained) | 1 | | Historical site (HSTS)
(A place of historical importance) | 2 | | Gate (GATE)
(A controlled access entrance or exit) | 2 | | Mosque (MSQE)
(A building for public Islamic worship) | 6 | | Religious center (CTRR)
(A facility where more than one religious activity is carried out, e.g., retreat, school, monastery, worship) | 1 | | Research institute (ITTR)
(A facility where research is carried out) | 1 | |
 Mountain, hill, rock... (276) |
| Hill (HLL)
(A rounded elevation of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m) | 142 | | Escarpment (SCRP)
(A long line of cliffs or steep slopes separating level surfaces above and below) | 14 | | Butte(s) (BUTE)
(A small, isolated, usually flat-topped hill with steep sides) | 56 | | Hills (HLLS)
(Rounded elevations of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m) | 38 | | Dune(s) (DUNE)
(A wave form, ridge or star shape feature composed of sand) | 4 | | Mesa(s) (MESA)
(A flat-topped, isolated elevation with steep slopes on all sides, less extensive than a plateau) | 11 | | Plateau (PLAT)
(An elevated plain with steep slopes on one or more sides, and often with incised streams) | 1 | | Talus slope (TAL)
(A steep concave slope formed by an accumulation of loose rock fragments at the base of a cliff or steep slope) | 3 | | Ridge(s) (RDGE)
(A long narrow elevation with steep sides, and a more or less continuous crest) | 2 | | Slope(s) (SLP)
(A surface with a relatively uniform slope angle) | 1 | | Spur(s) (SPUR)
(A subordinate ridge projecting outward from a hill, mountain or other elevation) | 1 | | Rocks (RKS)
(Conspicuous, isolated rocky masses) | 2 | | Cliff(s) (CLF)
(A high, steep to perpendicular slope overlooking a waterbody or lower area) | 1 | |
 Forest, heath... (18) |
| Scrubland (SCRB)
(An area of low trees, bushes, and shrubs stunted by some environmental limitation) | 11 | | Grassland (GRSLD)
(An area dominated by grass vegetation) | 2 | | Forest(s) (FRST)
(An area dominated by tree vegetation) | 5 | |
