Burkina-Faso

Burkina Faso is a country in west Africa with 15 million inhabitants. Neighboring countries are Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo and Ghana. The republic belongs to the Sahel countries. In the north is the Sahel Strip, just south of the Sahara Desert. Burkina faso also consists of low-lying plateaus, with rocky or sandy bottoms. To the south lie the rock face of Banfora, the peaks of Sindou, the lake of Tengrela and the waterfalls of Karfiguéla. The capital Ouagadougou has more than 1 million inhabitants. Sights are the biennial Fespaco film festival, the music museum, the theaters, the Musée Manega and the palace of the Mossi king, Moogho Naaba. Other important cities are the Bobo-Dioulasso musical center, Koudougou, Ouahigouya, Banfora, Boromo, Kombissiri, Nouna and Solenzo. Other places of interest in the country are the ruins of Loropéni, the Nazinga and Arli-Singou reserves, the mud mosques of Bani and the Grande Marché in Bobo Dioulasso.