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^15. Photos from Burkina Faso

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^17. Anthem (Midi)
^18. Music
^19. Speach

^1. Dependency status: NA

^2. Government type: parliamentary

^3. Location: Western Africa, north of Ghana

^4. Border Countries: Benin 306 km, Cote d'Ivoire 584 km, Ghana 548 km, Mali 1,000 km, Niger 628 km, Togo 126 km

^5. Climate: tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers

^6. Terrain: mostly flat to dissected, undulating plains; hills in west and southeast

^7. Area: 274,200 km²

^8. Capital: Ouagadougou

^9. Administrative divisions: 30 provinces; Bam, Bazega, Bougouriba, Boulgou, Boulkiemde, Ganzourgou, Gnagna, Gourma, Houe, Kadiogo, Kenedougou, Komoe, Kossi, Kouritenga, Mouhoun, Namentenga, Naouri, Oubritenga, Oudalan, Passore, Poni, Sanguie, Sanmatenga, Seno, Sissili, Soum, Sourou, Tapoa, Yatenga, Zoundweogo

^10. Population: 12,272,289

^11. Languages: French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population

^12. Religions: indigenous beliefs 40%, Muslim 50%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10%

^13. Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States

^14. Original language tekst: NA

• More about Burkina Faso (FactBook CIA)
• Polish Ambasy in Burkina Faso
• Indispensable information (visas, customs, vaccinats)

^20. Recommended Travel Oficies in Poland:

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^21. Recommended Travel Oficies in Burkina Faso:

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^22. Airlines:

• City Connexion Airlines - www.cca-airlines.com
• We await Your recomendations!
  

^23. Other transport (train, coach, boat etc.)

• We await Your recomendations!

^24. Burkina Faso office in Berlin:

• Ambasada Burkina Faso
  Karolingerplatz 10/11, D-14052 Berlin-Charlottenburg
  tel. (0-0 49 30) 301 05 99-0
  fax (0-0 49 30) 301 05 99-20
  e-mail: embassy_burkina_faso@t-online.de

^25. Intresting WEB's about Burkina Faso:

• Lonely Planet -Destination Burkina Faso
• dogon niger lobi - About 400 photos taken in Mali and Burkina Faso among the Dogon, Fulani, Bozo, Lobi, Dagari and Birifor
• Burkina Faso Page - Excellent collection of resources from the school's African Studies Center. Includes a map, travel advisories and reviewed sites
  
• NSRC Burkina Faso - links for connectivity providers, networking infrastructure reports, and more from the Network Startup Resource Center
• Governments on the WWW: Burkina Faso
• allAfrica.com - News Online: Burkina Faso - features recent articles
• Africanet: Burkina Faso - includes climate, geography, history, languages, and parks
• Ethnologue: Burkina Faso - features language map and overviews for the 71 languages listed for the country
• Virtual Tour of Burkina Faso - Explore the country's history, culture, environment, music and arts. Also features a profile on daily life in Burkina Faso
• Africa Guide - Burkina Faso - Features weather forecasts, a directory of tours and accommodations, and a list of suggested reading
• Burkina Faso Music - A listing of Burkinabe music and artists
• Burkina Faso Weather - WeatherHub - Weather links for Burkina Faso
• Burkina Faso: an Encarta Encyclopedia Article Titled "Burkina Faso"
• Clearing House of Burkina Faso under the Convention on Biological Diversity - This site gives information on the activities by Burkina Faso to concord with the Convention on Biological Diversity. Pages with information on parks, animals, plants, actors in biodiversity, links
  

^26. Other WEB's :

• slowniki.onet.pl - dictionary translating from polish and english, german, french, italian, spanish, russian etc.
• babelfish.altavista.com - dictionary translaiting both ways in 25 lanquages useful in translating texts