Presentation of Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso, "Country of the honest men", is a country of West Africa without access to the sea, surrounded with Mali to the north, of Niger to the East, from Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest. 
  Its inhabitants are called Burkinabè. The capital is Ouagadougou, situated in the center of the country. Burkina is member of the African union (UA), of the Internationale organization of the French speaking countries (OIF) and of the Community economic of the States of West Africa (ECOWAS). 
 
Politics 
 
The present president, Blaise Compaoré, is to the power since October 15, 1987 to the favor of a state stroke to the course of which his predecessor and brothers-in-arms, Thomas Sankara, have been killed. 
The Constitution of June 2, 1991, adopted by referendum, instituted a semi-presidential government opened to the multiparty  system.
 * The President of Burkina is elected by the people for five years at the time of a vote in two towers. He cannot be reelected that only one time. 
    * The national assembly is the only legislative process of the country. It can be dissolved by the president of Faso. A constitutional room, composed of ten members and an economic and social advice whose role is merely consultative, also exists. 
 
Administration 

 
The territory of Burkina is divided in 13 regions and is subdivided in 45 provinces, 350 departments, 359 townships of full exercise directed by mayors elected and 8 000 villages. 
 
The official language is French. Numerous national languages are spoken of which most current are the mooré, the dioula and the foulfouldé. Burkina possesses a tropical climate of types soudano-sahelian (characterized by variations considerable pluviometric going from an average of 350 mm in the North to more of 1 000 mm in the Southwest) with two seasons: the season of rains with precipitations understood between 300 mm and 1 200 mm and the dry season during which breath the harmattan, a hot and dry wind, original of the Sahara. The season of rains lasts about 4 months, between May-June and September. The temperature varies from 16 to 45 Celsius degrees; the yearly middle evaporation is estimated to 3 000 mm and the yearly refill of the underground tablecloth to 40 mm. 
According to the general census of the population in 2006, Burkina Faso has 15 millions of inhabitants.