Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,878 sq mi), bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. As of 2021, the country had an estimated population of 23,674,480. Previously called the Republic of Upper Volta (1958–1984), it was renamed Burkina Faso by President Thomas Sankara. Its citizens are known as Burkinabè, and its capital and largest city is Ouagadougou.
Telecommunications in Burkina Faso include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.
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Education in Burkina Faso is structured in much the same way as in the rest of the world: primary, secondary, and higher education. As of 2008, despite efforts to improve education, the country had the lowest adult literacy rate in the world (25.3%).
.ps is the Internet country code top-level domain ccTLD officially assigned to the State of Palestine. It is administered by the Palestinian National Internet Naming Authority.
Kouritenga is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Centre-Est Region. In 2019, the province had a population of 479,930. Its capital is Koupéla.
Per Law No.40/98/AN in 1998, Burkina Faso adhered to decentralization to provide administrative and financial autonomy to local communities. Most of these, according to their individual articles, were implemented on 2 July 2001.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Burkina Faso:
Bate, Burkina Faso is a town in the Sidéradougou Department of Comoé Province in south-western Burkina Faso. The town had an estimated population of 1,098 in 2005.
Tambogo, also known as Tambogo I and II, is a commune in the Andemtenga Department of Kouritenga Province in the Centre-Est region of Burkina Faso. It had a population of 2,403 in 2006.
The Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et des Postes (ARCEP) is an independent agency in charge of regulating telecommunications and postal services in Burkina Faso.
Time in Burkina Faso is given by a single time zone, denoted as Greenwich Mean Time. Burkina Faso shares this time zone with several other countries, including fourteen in western Africa. Burkina Faso does not observe daylight saving time (DST).
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