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      Capital:

      name: Ouagadougou geographic coordinates: 12 22 N, 1 31 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

      Administrative divisions:

      45 provinces; Bale, Bam, Banwa, Bazega, Bougouriba, Boulgou,

       Boulkiemde, Comoe, Ganzourgou, Gnagna, Gourma, Houet, Ioba, Kadiogo,

       Kenedougou, Komondjari, Kompienga, Kossi, Koulpelogo, Kouritenga,

       Kourweogo, Leraba, Loroum, Mouhoun, Nahouri, Namentenga, Nayala,

       Noumbiel, Oubritenga, Oudalan, Passore, Poni, Sanguie, Sanmatenga,

       Seno, Sissili, Soum, Sourou, Tapoa, Tuy, Yagha, Yatenga, Ziro,

       Zondoma, Zoundweogo

      Independence:

      5 August 1960 (from France)

      National holiday:

      Republic Day, 11 December (1958)

      Constitution:

      2 June 1991 approved by referendum, 11 June 1991 formally adopted; last amended January 2002

      Legal system:

      based on French civil law system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage:

      universal

      Executive branch:

      chief of state: President Blaise COMPAORE (since 15 October 1987) head of government: Prime Minister Tertius ZONGO (since 4 June 2007) cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 13 November 2005 (next to be held in 2010); in April 2000, the constitution was amended reducing the presidential term from seven to five years, enforceable as of 2005; prime minister appointed by the president with the consent of the legislature election results: Blaise COMPAORE reelected president; percent of popular vote - Blaise COMPAORE 80.3%, Benewende Stanislas SANKARA 4.9%

      Legislative branch:

      unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (111 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: National Assembly election last held 6 May 2007 (next to be held in May 2012) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - CDP 73, ADF-RDA 14, UPR 5, UNIR-MS 4, CFD-B 3, UPS 2, PDP-PS 2, RDB 2, PDS 2, PAREN 1, PAI 1, RPC 1, UDPS 1

      Judicial branch:

      Supreme Court; Appeals Court

      Political parties and leaders:

      African Democratic Rally-Alliance for Democracy and Federation or

       ADF-RDA [Gilbert OUEDRAOGO]; Citizen's Popular Rally or RPC [Antoine

       QUARE]; Coalition of Democratic Forces of Burkina or CFD-B [Amadou

       Diemdioda DICKO]; Congress for Democracy and Progress or CDP [Roch

       Marc-Christian KABORE]; Movement for Tolerance and Progress or MTP

       [Nayabtigungou Congo KABORE]; Party for African Independence or PAI

       [Philippe OUEDRAOGO]; Party for Democracy and Progress/Socialist

       Party or PDP/PS [Ali LANKOANDE]; Party for Democracy and Socialism

       or PDS [Felix SOUBEIGA]; Party for National Rebirth or PAREN [Oumar

       DJIGUIMDE]; Rally for the Development of Burkina or RDB [Antoine

       KARGOUGOU]; Rally of Ecologists of Burkina Faso or RDEB [Ram

       OUEDRAGO]; Republican Party for Integration and Solidarity or PARIS

       [Cyril GOUNGOUNGA]; Union for Democracy and Social Progress or UDPS

       [Fidele HIEN]; Union for Rebirth - Sankarist Movement or UNIR-MS

       [Benewende STANISLAS]; Union for the Republic or UPR [Toussaint Abel

       COULIBALY]; Union of Sankarist Parties or UPS [Ernest Nongma

       OUEDRAOGO]

      Political pressure groups and leaders:

      Burkinabe General Confederation of Labor or CGTB [Tole SAGNON]; Burkinabe Movement for Human Rights or MBDHP [Chrysigone ZOUGMORE]; Group of 14 February [Benewende STANISLAS]; National Confederation of Burkinabe Workers or CNTB [Laurent OUEDRAOGO]; National Organization of Free Unions or ONSL [Paul KABORE] other: watchdog/political action groups throughout the country in both organizations and communities

      International organization participation:

      ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD,

       ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF,

       Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA,

       MONUC, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UN Security Council

       (temporary), UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNMIS, UNOCI,

       UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,

       WTO

      Diplomatic representation in the US:

      chief of mission: Ambassador Paramanga Ernest YONLI chancery: 2340 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 332–5577 FAX: [1] (202) 667–1882

      Diplomatic representation from the US:

      chief of mission: Ambassador Jeanine E. JACKSON embassy: 602 Avenue Raoul Follereau, Koulouba, Secteur 4 mailing address: 01 B. P. 35, Ouagadougou 01; pouch mail - US Department of State, 2440 Ouagadougou Place, Washington, DC 20521–2440 telephone: [226] 50–30-67–23 FAX: [226] 50–30-38–90

      Flag description:

      two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a yellow five-pointed star in the center note: uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia

      Economy

       Burkina Faso

      Economy - overview:

      One of the poorest countries in the world, landlocked Burkina Faso has few natural resources and a weak industrial base. About 90% of the population is engaged in subsistence agriculture, which is vulnerable to periodic drought. Cotton is the main cash crop and the government has joined with three other cotton producing countries in the region - Mali, Niger, and Chad - to lobby in the World Trade Organization for fewer subsidies to producers in other competing countries. Since 1998, Burkina Faso has embarked upon a gradual but successful privatization of state-owned enterprises. Having revised its investment СКАЧАТЬ