Le Burkina Faso, également appelé Burkina, anciennement Haute-Volta, est un pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest qui n'a pas accès à la mer. Ses habitants sont les Burkinabè (mot invariable). Le Burkina Faso est limitrophe de six pays. Le Mali au nord, le Niger à l'est, le Bénin au sud-est, le Togo et le Ghana au sud et la Côte d'Ivoire au sud-ouest.
Burkina Faso, previously Upper Volta, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: ► Mali to the north, ► Niger to the east, ► Benin to the south east, ► Togo and ► Ghana to the south, and ► Côte d'Ivoire to the south west. Formerly the Republic of Upper Volta, it was renamed in 1984.
Short name
Burkina Faso
Official name
Burkina Faso
Status
Independent country since 1960
Location
West Africa
Capital
Ouagadougou
Population
13,228,000 inhabitants
Area
274,000 km²
Major languages
French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Benin, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Benin.
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