Overview

Burkina Faso covers 274,200 km² of plateaus, deserts, and savanna, with 1.54% water coverage. Its 24.6 million people belong to 60 ethnic groups practicing Islam, Christianity, and traditional religions, with 3 major rivers, 2 international airports, no port, a railway, a good road network, 3 hydroelectric plants, and 5 cities of 120,000 to 2,500,000 inhabitants.