Profile in Burkina Faso
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Viewow’s Traveler Notes in Burkina Faso
International Dialling Code   +
Internet Country Code   .
Time zone   GMT +
Monetary Unit   L

Weights and Measures   The metric system is in use
Electric Power   220 V / 50 Hz
Electric Plugs   C & E

C : Round pin attachment plug

E : Round pin plug and receptacle with male grounding pin

Tip Etiquette   There is no social tipping rule

Emergency Call in Burkina Faso

Medical ----- 112
Police ----- 112
Fire ----- 112
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View of Geography in Burkina Faso
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View of People in Burkina Faso
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View of Demographics in Burkina Faso
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Infant Mortality Rate   deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Total Fertility Rates   children born/woman (2008 est.)
Life Expectancy   years
Birth Rate   births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Death Rate   deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Sex Ratio   male(s)/female (2008 est.)
Divorces   (annual divorces),  0,11% (2006)
Literacy Rate   (2001 census)
Literacy Rate (female)   (2001 census)
Suffrage   18 years of age

View of Economy in Burkina Faso

GDP (ppp)   billion (2007 est.)
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View of Some Facts in Burkina Faso
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Gsm   GSM 900 / GSM 1800
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Railways   km (2006)
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Ports and Terminals   c

Business Week in Burkina Faso

--- Offices

Monday - Friday   8:30a.m. to 12:30p.m. , 2p.m. to 6p.m.

Saturday - Sunday   closed

--- Retails

Monday - Friday   8:30a.m. to 12:30p.m. , 2p.m. to 6p.m.

Saturday - Sunday   open stores can be found

--- Banks

Monday - Friday    8:30a.m. to 12:30p.m. , 2p.m. to 3p.m.

Saturday - Sunday   closed

--- Government

Monday - Friday   10a.m. to 6p.m.

Saturday - Sunday   closed

Official Holidays of Burkina Faso

New Year's Day   January 1

Republic Day   January 11

International Women's Day   March 8

International Labor Day   May 1

All Saints' Day   November 1

Independence Day/Flag Day   November 28

Liberation Day   November 29

Christmas Day   December 25

Boxing Day   December 26

Bank Holiday   December 31

National Day November 30

Holy Thursday

Good Friday

Easter
Easter Monday

Easter (Orthodox)

Whit Monday

Start of Ramadan

End of Ramadan

Ramadan Feast
Sacrifice Feast
Arafat Day
Islamic New Year
Ascent of the Prophet

More About Burkina Faso

Few people outside Africa know it exists, but Burkina Faso routinely wins hearts with its laid-back cities vibrant markets and the easy smiles of its diverse peoples. Landlocked Burkina Faso has three of West Africa’s signature landscapers, with arid desert plains in the far north, surprisingly green woodland in the southwest and the Sahel covering the rest – a vast laterite plateau that forms the transition zone between the Sahara and the savannah lands of the south.

The country’s southwest is home to lush forests, rocky outcrops that spring from the earth like apparitions, waterfalls amid mango trees and lakes inhabited by hippos or chicken-eating sacred fish. And with the merest suggestion of rain the whole landscape transforms into a world of green.