Easternmost point – unnamed location on the border with Benin immediately south of the Burkina Faso-Benin-Niger tripoint, Est Region.Northernmost point – unnamed location on the border with Mali, Sahel Region.This is a list of the extreme points of Burkina Faso, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. Comparatively, it is slightly larger than New Zealand and Colorado. Previously the endangered painted hunting dog, Lycaon pictus occurred in Burkina Faso, but, although the last sightings were made in Arli National Park, the species is considered extirpated from Burkina Faso.īurkina Faso has a total area of 274,200 km 2 (105,870 sq mi), of which 273,800 km 2 (105,710 sq mi) is land and 400 km 2 (150 sq mi) water. Burkina Faso's game preserves – the most important of which are Arly, Nazinga, and W National Park-contain lions, elephants, hippopotamus, monkeys, common warthogs, and antelopes. Most of central Burkina Faso lies on a savanna plateau, 198–305 metres (650–1,001 ft) above sea level, with fields, brush, and scattered trees. The land is green in the south, with forests and fruit trees, and semi-arid in the north. It lies between the Sahara desert and the Gulf of Guinea, south of the loop of the Niger River, mostly between latitudes 9° and 15°N (a small area is north of 15°), and longitudes 6°W and 3☎. Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) is a landlocked Sahel country that shares borders with six nations.
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