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Burkina Faso

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Last reviewed: 25 February 2009

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Area: 274,190 sq km
Population: 15.02 million (2008 United Nations estimate)
Capital City: Ouagadougou
People: Mossi (50%), and about 60 other ethnic groups
Languages: French is the official language, a large number of local languages are spoken.
Religion: Animist, Islam and Christian
Major political parties: the ruling party is Congres pour las democratie et le Progres (CDP); others are – Parti pour las democratie et le progres Parti socialiste (PDP-PS), Union nationale pour la democratie et le developpement (UNDD), Alliance pour la democratie et la federation-Rassemblement democratique africain (ADF-RDA), Coalition des forces democratiques(CFD), Parti africain de l'independence (PAI), Parti pour las renaissance – Mouvement sankariste (UNIR-MS), Parti pour la democratie et la socialisme (PDS), Convention national des democrates progressistes(CNPD) plus Alternance 2005 (an opposition coalition)
Head of State: President Blaise Compaore
Prime Minister: Tertius Zongo
Membership of main organisations: UN, African Union (AU), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the overlapping Economic and Monetary Union of West Africa (UEMOA), Organisation de la Francophonie (OIF), Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), Community of Sahel and Saharan States (COMESSA, or CENSAD).

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Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, British Honorary Consulate

Address:

Mr Patrick de La lande
Honorary Consulate of UK in Burkina Faso
01 BP 6490 Ouagadougou 01 BURKINA FASO

Based at ICI, Initiatives Conseil International
Impasse Thévenoud, 330
Secteur 01 of Ouagadougou

Telephone:

(226) 50 30 88 60

Fax:

(226) 50 31 25 43

Email: consulat-uk@fasonet.bf

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