Where is Burkina Faso?
Burkina Faso is a country in West Africa.
- Type
- Country
- Continent
- Africa
- Region
- West Africa
- Land borders
- 6: Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Togo
- Coast
- None. Burkina Faso is landlocked.
- Area
- About 270,000 km² on the game’s map
- Hemispheres
- Northern; Eastern and Western
- Capital city
- 12.37° N, 1.52° W
About Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked West African country of some 23 million people, with Ouagadougou as its capital and largest city. Known as Upper Volta until Thomas Sankara renamed it in 1984, it has seen repeated coups and a long jihadist insurgency. Gold dominates its exports, and Ouagadougou hosts the continent's largest film festival, FESPACO.
Clues from Atlas Daily
Round 4 on 4 October 2026 (#33), hardest clue first:
- Iron smelting traces from 800 to 700 BC here form part of a metallurgy World Heritage Site.
- A 33-megawatt solar plant opened at Zagtouli in late 2017.
- Gold accounts for roughly 70 percent of its export earnings.
- Captain Ibrahim Traoré was appointed its president in October 2022.
Nearby places from past puzzles
- Niger 410 km away
- Timbuktu 510 km away
- Mali 700 km away
- Côte d’Ivoire 740 km away
- Togo 760 km away
- Ghana 770 km away
- Nigeria 1,000 km away
- Guinea 1,400 km away
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Sources: Wikipedia: Burkina Faso. Borders, area and map from Natural Earth 1:50m outlines, the same ones the game uses.