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Transportation of Burkina Faso

Airports:34 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 2
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 32
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 18 (2006)
Railways:total: 622 km
narrow gauge: 622 km 1.000-m gauge
note:: another 660 km of this railway extends into Cote D'Ivoire (2006)
Roadways:total: 15,272 km
paved: 4,766 km
unpaved: 10,506 km (2004)

Burkina Faso Quickstats

  • Population: 14,326,203
  • Area: 274,200 sq km
  • Density: 48 /km² (145th)
  • GDP (total): $16.845 billion¹ (117th)
  • GDP (per capita): $1,284 (163rd)
  • Literacy: 21.8%

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  • Currency: West African CFA franc (XOF)
  • Dial code: +226

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