Burkina Faso guide — sources and scope
Prepared 29 October 2026

Sixteen approximate city and town centres, twelve heritage and landscape pins,
ten illustrated reading topics, existing facts rounds and general French lessons.
The maps do not show administrative divisions, political control, entrances or
safe routes. Historic photographs do not represent present conditions.

Geography and waterways
https://www.africanwaterfacility.org/sites/default/files/2024-04/multinational_-_enhancing_the_enabling_environment_for_sustainable_and_equitable_water_resources_management_in_the_volta_river_basin_-_project_appraisal_report.pdf
https://www.fao.org/4/t0360e/T0360E03.htm
Country outline and river mainstems: Natural Earth 1:10m, public domain,
https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/
https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/tree/master/geojson
The mapped full available named mainstems include lake centrelines, extend past
national borders and end at mapped confluences, reservoir or lagoon outlets.
Lake Volta is the retained Natural Earth geometry from Worldly's Ghana map.
They are generalised, not precise navigation charts or complete tributaries.

Government, language, current conditions
https://www.presidencedufaso.bf/conseil-des-ministres-du-2-juillet-2025/
https://www.an.bf/loip/64
https://mjp.univ-perp.fr/constit/bf2024.htm (constitution, article 35)
https://www.ecowas.int/withdrawal-of-burkina-faso-republic-of-mali-and-the-republic-of-niger-from-ecowas/
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/burkina-faso
UK advice checked 29 October 2026 advises against all travel; check for updates.

History, culture, heritage and society
https://www.britannica.com/place/Burkina-Faso
https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/burkinafaso/overview
https://fespaco.bf/
https://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/bf/
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1225/ (Loropéni)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/749/ (W-Arly-Pendjari)
https://www.unhcr.org/emergencies/burkina-faso-emergency

Images: credit and licence are linked on each photograph; see the corresponding
Wikimedia Commons file page for author, licence terms and original images.