BURKINA FASO BURKINA FASO REGION AFRICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE AUGUST 5 1960 FROM FRANCE DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION JUNE 2 1991 POPULATION 11575898 1999 EST AREA 105946 SQ MI CAPITAL OUAGADOUGOU FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES MANGANESE MARBLE LIMESTONE PHOSPHATE ZINC GOLD LEAD SILVER MAIN INDUSTRIES AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING MINING BREWING TEXTILES SOAP TOBACCO PROCESSING AGRICULTURE SORGHUM GRAIN MILLET GRAIN PEANUTS RICE COTTON TOBACCO LIVESTOCK CURRENCY COMMUNAUTE FINANCIERE AFRICAINE CFA FRANC GDP 11.6 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 1000 1998 EST LANGUAGES FRENCH OFFICIAL SUDANIC LANGUAGES RELIGIONS ISLAM TRADITIONAL AFRICAN BELIEF SYSTEMS CHRISTIANITY ROMAN CATHOLICISM LITERACY RATE 19 LIFE EXPECTANCY 45 YEARS MALE 47 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 46 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 18 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
