| NAME: | Burkina Faso |
| FLAG: |  |
| LOCATION: |  |
| CAPITAL: | Ouagadougou |
| CURRENCY: | West African CFA franc |
| POPULATION: | 15,730,977 |
| LANGUAGE: | French Mòoré Mandinka Bambara |
| INDEPENDENCE: | 5 August 1960 |
| MOTTO: | "Unité–Progrès–Justice" (French) "Unity–Progress–Justice" |
| DEMONYM: | Burkinabé . Burkinabè . Burkinabe |
| COAT OF ALMS: |  |
| ANTHEM: | Une Seule Nuit / Ditanyè (French) One Single Night / Hymn of Victory |
| PRESIDENT: | Blaise Compaoré |
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