The Burkina Faso Country Quiz

How much do you know about Burkina Faso?

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Last updated: July 29, 2021

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Capital city	Ouagadougou
Bordering countries	Benin
	Ghana
	Ivory Coast
	Mali
	Niger
	Togo
Official language	French
Former name until 1984	Upper Volta
Longest river	Black Volta
Northernmost region (named after the geographical area below the Sahara)	Sahel
Year of independence	1960
These people arrived between the 11th and 13th centuries and ruled until the 19th and the biggest ethnic group	Mossi
Country ruling between 1896 and the year of independence	France
President since 2015	Roch Marc Christian Kabore
Second biggest city	Bobo Dioulasso
Motto	Unity–Progress–Justice
Highest peak (749m)	Ténakourou
President 1983-1987 and wrote the national anthem	Thomas Sankara
National anthem	One Single Night
Currency	West African CFA Franc
Biggest export	Gold