Burkina Faso Area 274122 square kilometers , population 090
,000 (2020). There are several tribes in total, which are divided into two families:
Walter and Mandai and Mantai . The Walter clan accounts for about 70% of the national population, while the Mundai clan accounts for about 28% of the national population. In the northern region, there are also some Pall people engaged in nostalgia and business Hausa people . official language is French . The main ethnic languages are Moses , Diura and Pall. 50% of the residents believe in primitive religion, 30% believe in Islam , and 20% believe in Catholicism.
Burkina Faso is located in the landlocked country of in western Africa . The northeast is adjacent to Niger , the southeast is connected to Benin , the south is connected to Côte d'Ivoire , Ghana, Togo , the west and north are bordered by Mali , and belong to savannah climate , with an average annual temperature of 27℃. The capital Ouagadougou , with a population of 2.53 million, and the temperature can reach a maximum of 42℃~26℃~28℃.
Burkina Faso 5 provinces ,
00 counties . Administrative reform was carried out in 1996, and
3 districts ,
5 provinces and
01 municipalities . The capital of Ouagadougo is the capital of Kadiogo Province. According to the human development index released by the UN Development Program "2020 Human Development Report", Burkina Faso ranks
82 among 188 countries.
Burkina Faso is one of the least developed countries of released by the United Nations . The economy is mainly Agriculture and animal husbandry . Cotton is Burkina Faso main cash crops and export foreign exchange earning products. It has a weak industrial foundation and relatively poor resources.
The main economic data for 2020 is as follows:
Gross Domestic Product : US$17.4 billion.
GDP per capita :833 US dollars.
Gross Domestic Product Growth Rate: 2.0%.
Currency name: African Financial Community Franc, referred to as African Franc.
Exchange rate : 1 US dollar = 575.6 African francs.
Inflation rate: 2.1%.
Burkina Faso Proven minerals: Manganese 17.7 million tons , phosphate .25 billion tons , zinc silver synthetic ore 10 million tons , limestone 6 million tons . 5% of the country's labor force is engaged in industrial production. It mainly consists of agricultural and animal husbandry product processing and light industry, including textiles, slaughtering, sugar production, leather, beer, plastic products and a small amount of electricity, machinery industry , etc. Gold production in 2019 was 60 tons. There are 24 mining companies, including 11 foreign-funded companies, 8 joint ventures, and 25 domestic wholly owned companies.
Burkina Faso 84% of the country's labor force is engaged in agricultural and animal husbandry production . In 2019, the output value of agricultural and animal husbandry accounts for about 25% of the GDP. There are arable land in the country .27 million hectares of , and it can irrigate land in
50
,000 hectares. The main grain crops include Rice, millet, corn and Cassava . The main cash crops include cotton, cashew , peanuts and sesame , etc. The cotton production in 2019 was about 520,000 tons.
Burkina Faso There are more than 40 hotels in the country , and there are 10,000 tourism practitioners .5. The annual average income exceeds US$40 million, and the main tourist spots include Arli , Pau and National Park . With the development of the economy, transportation's position in the national economy is becoming increasingly important.
Burkina Faso With the development of the economy, transportation's position in the national economy is becoming more and more important. Railway: has a total length of 622 kilometers , and 45% of imported and exported goods in the country rely on railway transportation. Highway: has a total length of about 14,000 kilometers , including asphalt road 2300 kilometers , national highway 3299 kilometers , provincial highway 1446 kilometers , regional highway 1524 kilometers .
Ouagadougou and Bobo-Diuraso each have an international airport where large aircraft such as Boeing 747 can take off and land. Burkina Faso has a joint venture airline called Burkina Airlines, which currently has a Folk 28 aircraft and an Airbus A319. Currently, the Air France Paris round-trip Ouagadougou flight is three times a week.
Burkina Faso National Armed Forces consist of Regular Army and Paramilitary Forces , and the president is the supreme commander of the armed forces. The regular army 6600 person, including Army 6400, Air Force 200 people ; Police and Constitutional Force 4200 people , Militia 45,000 people . There are 10 military aircraft of various types.
Burkina Faso pursues a foreign policy of peace, development and comprehensive opening up to the outside world, emphasizing pragmatic economic diplomacy. Maintain close relations with Western countries, especially France; in recent years, we have focused on strengthening exchanges with the United States and Asian countries, actively participated in regional affairs, worked hard to mediate the crises of Togo, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire and Mali, and sent peacekeeping troops to China-Africa , Mali and Mali; established the Sahel five countries with Mauritania , Mali, Niger and Chad to form a joint counter-terrorism force to jointly respond to regional security threats. From February 2019 to February 2020, Burkina Faso President Cabore served as the rotating chairman of G5.