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Required travel documents for Burkina Faso

Required travel documents for Burkina Faso: passport [...]

Electric power

Electric power: 220V / 50Hz. [...]

Area code to Burkina Faso

Area code to Burkina Faso: +226 [...]

Country overview

Burkina Faso is situated in West Africa and bordered to the north and west by Mali, to the east by Niger, to the southeast by Benin and to the south by Togo, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. The southern part of the country, less arid than the north, is wooded s [...]

Electric Power in Burkina Faso

Electric Power is 220V running at 50Hz. [...]

Money in Burkina Faso

Official Currency: 1 West African CFA Franc=100 centimes
Current Exchange Rate: Today's Exchange Rate

There are no restrictions on the import or export of local currency. Some banks in major cities given cash advances on Visa ca [...]

Visas in Burkina Faso

Visa are required by all nationals except those of the Economic Community of West African states. Generally speaking they are valid up to 3 months and are issued within 24 hours. [...]

Climate in Burkina Faso

Average temperature in Ouagadougou is 41°C (106°F); humi dity is only 12% to 16%. The harmattan, a dry east wind, brings with it spells of considerable heat from March to May. From May to October, the climate is hot and wet, and from November to Mar [...]

Transportation in Burkina Faso

Railways: total: 622 km (517 km from Ouagadougou to the excellent deepwater port at Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (on the border) and 105 km from Ouagadougou to Kaya) narrow gauge: 622 km 1.000-m gauge (1995 est.) Highways: total: 12,506 km paved: 2,001 [...]

Communications in Burkina Faso

Telephones - main lines in use: 30,000 (1995) Telephones - mobile cellular: 0 (1995) Telephone system: all services only fair domestic: microwave radio relay, open wire, and radiotelephone communication stations international: satellite earth stat [...]