![]() It is surrounded by Benin in the south, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Togo, in the north and west of Mali, Niger in the northeast. It is located to the west of the African continent. ![]() Neighboring Countries of Burkina Faso Neighboring Countries of Burkina Faso Three equal horizontal banded black-and-white-red flags created from the Black Volta River, the White Volta River and the Red Volta River, which are the three branches of the Volta River, which the country used to name in 1960 when it gained its independence from France under the name of Upper Volta, in 1983, was replaced by a coup d’état against the government. ![]() From 1984 to 1997, the official Burkina Faso coat of arms was used along with a digging of the Soviet AK-47 assault rifle, as well as a book with an open book symbolizing the importance of education and training of revolutionary principles. When Upper Volta was transformed into Burkina Faso on August 4, 1984, the flag was also changed. The Upper Volta Flag was similar to the three-color flags used by the German Empire from 1871 to 1918. These colors represented the three major branches of the Volta River flowing south of the country: Black Volta, White Volta, and Red Volta. The first flag of Burkina Faso consisted of three horizontal lines, black, white and red as the flag of Upper Volta. The yellow five-pointed star in the middle of the flag symbolizes the democratic popular revolution.īurkina Faso Flag Map History of the Burkina Faso Flag ![]() The red symbolizes the country’s fertile land, while the red, which divides the flag into two equal parts horizontally, symbolizes the blood that flows during the revolution and the nation that loses its life. The flag of Burkina Faso consists of Pan-African colors with red, green and yellow colors. Colors and the Meaning of the Burkina Faso Flag ![]()
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