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====== Burkina Faso ====== | ====== Burkina Faso ====== | ||
- | Burkina Faso is one of the [[offtopic/regions#africa|west African]] countries. In its colonial times and earlier decades of independence, it was also known as Upper Volta, a name derived from the Volta river. | + | Burkina Faso is one of the [[offtopic/regions#africa|west African]] countries. During its colonial times and earlier decades of independence, it was also known as Upper Volta, a name derived from the Volta river. |
Burkina Faso is landlocked. It borders [[Mali]] in the west and the north, [[Niger]] in the northeast and east, [[Benin]] in the southeast, [[Togo]] and [[Ghana]] in the south and [[Cote d'Ivoire]] (Ivory Coast) in the southwest. | Burkina Faso is landlocked. It borders [[Mali]] in the west and the north, [[Niger]] in the northeast and east, [[Benin]] in the southeast, [[Togo]] and [[Ghana]] in the south and [[Cote d'Ivoire]] (Ivory Coast) in the southwest. |