Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso ranks 119th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Turkmenistan, Guinea, and United Arab Emirates. Memorable people born in present day Burkina Faso include Thomas Sankara, Blaise Compaoré, and Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. Memorable people who died in Burkina Faso include Thomas Sankara, Maurice Yaméogo, and Sangoulé Lamizana. Burkina Faso has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and social activists.

Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2. In 2021, the country had an estimated population of approximately 23,674,480. Previously called the Republic of Upper Volta (1958–1984), it was renamed Burkina Faso by former president Thomas Sankara. Its citizens are known as Burkinabè, and its capital and largest city is Ouagadougou. Read more on Wikipedia