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Burkina Faso
Capital: Ouagadougou
- Burkina Faso covers about 274,223 square kilometres, roughly the size of the UK, and it is landlocked, bordering six countries.
- The Ancient Ferrous Metallurgy Sites are a UNESCO World Heritage site, with the oldest evidence of iron smelting dating to around 800 to 700 BC.
- Burkina Faso has more than 60 indigenous languages, and Mooré is spoken by more than half the population. French is the working language.