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Burkina Faso Flags

Flag Colors and 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)

Population Growth Rate: 3% (2006 estimate)

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

Government

Government Type: parliamentary republic

Capital: Ouagadougou

Economics

GDP (Gross Domestic Product): $16.66 billion (2005 estimate)

GDP per capita: $1,200 (2005 estimate)