Burkina Faso country profile

Lead Author: Maggie Surface (other articles)
This article has been reviewed and approved by the following Topic Editor: Lakhdar Boukerrou (other articles)
Last Updated: June 3, 2008

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An old mosque at Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, built in 1880. Africa has a glorious past – and it can claim the future. (Source: C. Cossalter/CIFOR)
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An old mosque at Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, built in 1880. Africa has a glorious past – and it can claim the future. (Source: C. Cossalter/CIFOR)

  1. General overview
  2. Water in Burkina Faso
  3. Energy in Burkina Faso
  4. Human Development Index
  5. National parks and preserves:
    1. Tassili N'Ajjer National Park
  6. Ecoregions:
    1. Sahelian Acacia savanna
    2. West Sudanian savanna

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Surface, Maggie (Lead Author); Lakhdar Boukerrou (Topic Editor). 2008. "Burkina Faso country profile." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [Published in the Encyclopedia of Earth June 3, 2008; Retrieved November 20, 2008]. <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Burkina_Faso_country_profile>
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