Burkina Faso Genealogy
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Information
Burkina Faso is a country in Africa bordered by Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, Ghana, and the Côte d'Ivoire. It was formerly a colony of France. The official language is French.[1]
Burkina Faso Map
Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Burkina Faso.
Regions
Burkina Faso is divided into 13 regions:
- Boucle du Mouhoun
- Cascades
- Centre
- Centre-Est
- Centre-Nord
- Centre-Ouest
- Centre-Sud
- Est
- Hauts-Bassins
- Nord
- Plateau-Central
- Sahel
- Sud-Ouest
References
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Burkina Faso," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Faso, accessed 4 May 2016.