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TransportationAirports World Ranking: 130
24 (2012)
Airports - with paved runways
Total 2
Over 3,047 m 1 2,438 to 3,047 m 1 (2012) Airports - with unpaved runways
Total 22
1,524 to 2,437 m 4 914 to 1,523 m 12 Under 914 m 6 (2012) Railways World Ranking: 106
Total 622 km
Narrow gauge 622 km 1.000-m gauge Note Another 660 km of this railway extends into Cote d'Ivoire (2008) Roadways World Ranking: 51
Total 92,495 km
Paved 3,857 km Unpaved 88,638 km (2004)
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Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou):
 
GPS points from Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou)
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Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) achieved independence from France in 1960. Repeated military coups during the 1970s and 1980s were followed by multiparty elections in the early 1990s. Current President Blaise COMPAORE came to power in a 1987 military coup and has won every election since then. Burkina Faso's high population density and limited natural resources result in poor economic prospects for the majority of its citizens.