What the records say
- When
- 1986
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Coordinates
- 12.67° N, 1.36° W
- Process
- cession
- Type
- Cession (part yielded to other entity)
- Pop
- 65000
- Area km2
- 1553
- Gaining
- Mali
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Burkina Faso
Country in West Africa
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,878 sq mi). In 2024, the country had an estimated population of approximately 23,286,000. Its citizens are known as Burkinabes, and its capital and largest city is Ouagadougou.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation