Burkina Faso
Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for the following climate stations in Burkina Faso
Official name: | Burkina Faso |
Capital: | Ouagadougou |
Area: | total: 274,200 sq km water: 400 sq km land: 273,800 sq km |
Climate: | tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers |
Location: | Western Africa, north of Ghana |
Geographic coordinates: | 13 00 N, 2 00 W |
Comparative Area: | slightly larger than Colorado |
Land boundaries: | total: 3,193 km border countries: Benin 306 km, Cote d'Ivoire 584 km, Ghana 549 km, Mali 1,000 km, Niger 628 km, Togo 126 km |
Coastline: | 0 km (landlocked) |
Terrain: | mostly flat to dissected, undulating plains; hills in west and southeast |
Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m highest point: Tena Kourou 749 m |
Map of Burkina Faso