(Formerly: UPPER VOLTA)
(WIPO code: BF) (latest review April 2023)
(Formerly: UPPER VOLTA)
(WIPO code: BF) (latest review April 2023)
274,200 sq. km.
22,489,126 (2023).
Ouagadougou.
French.
C.F.A. franc.
Cereals, sugar cane, groundnuts, cotton, forestry and farming.
Phosphate, gold and manganese.
Cotton, livestock, shea butter and gold.
(per capita): U.S.$ 830 (estimated 2021).
A former French colony, part of French West Africa, Upper Volta obtained its internal administrative autonomy and became a member of the French Community in 1958 and later achieved its full independence on August 5, 1960.
The economy is mainly based on agriculture (80%). Small deposits of gold, chromium, copper, iron and manganese are known to exist, and their extraction has begun only recently.