Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso, known as Upper Volta until 1984, is a republic in western Africa, bordered on the north and west by Mali, on the east by Niger, and on the south by Benin, Togo, Ghana, and the Ivory Coast. The area of Burkina Faso is 274,200 sq km (105,900 sq mi). Ouagadougou is the capital and largest city