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Burkina Faso
Image of the Burkinabe Flag

Flag Colors & Description

The Burkinabe flag is made of two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a yellow five-pointed star centered on the flag. The red, green and yellow are popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia.

People

Population: 13902972 (July 2006 estimate) (growth rate): 3% (2006 estimate)

Gdp: $16.66 billion (2005 estimate) (per capita): $1,200 (2005 estimate)

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

Government

Capital: Ouagadougou

Government type: parliamentary republic

Geography

Natural Resources: limestone, manganese, marble; small deposits of gold, phosphates, pumice, salt

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