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hoofdstad |
Ouagadougou |
|---|---|
staatshoofd |
President Blaise COMPAORE (since 15 October 1987) |
regeringsleider |
Prime Minister Luc-Adolphe TIAO (since 18 April 2011) |
aantal inwoners |
16.751.455 |
|---|---|
% van de bevolking jonger dan 15 |
45.8% (mannen: 3849350/vrouwen: 3828483) |
% van de bevolking van 15 t/m 64 |
51.7% (mannen: 4320779/vrouwen: 4334197) |
% van de bevolking 65 jaar en ouder |
2.5% (mannen: 162157/vrouwen: 256489) |
gemiddelde levensverwachting |
53.7 jaar |
geletterdheid |
21.8% |
bruto binnenlands product |
$21,83 miljard |
|---|---|
bijdrage van landbouw aan bbp |
34.1% |
bijdrage van industrie aan bbp |
23.2% |
bijdrage van dienstensector aan bbp |
42.8% |
werkloosheid |
77% |
oppervlakte |
274.200 km² |
|---|---|
laagste punt |
Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m |
hoogste punt |
Tena Kourou 749 m |
Titel: Une Seule Nuit
15.04.2011
The cabinet of Prime Minister Tertius Zongo is dissolved. On April 18 Luc Adolphe Tiao is appointed prime minister. A new government is formed on April 21 including Djibrill Bassolé as foreign minister, President Blaise Compaoré as defense minister, and Jérôme Bougouma as territorial administration and security minister; Lucien Marie Noël Bembamba remains finance minister.
12.01.2011
Prime Minister Tertius Zongo and his cabinet resign. Zongo is reappointed as prime minister on January 13. On January 16 his new cabinet is announced with Auguste Dénise Barry as security minister, other key posts being unchanged.
21.11.2010
In presidential elections, incumbent Blaise Compaoré wins 81% of the vote, Hama Arba Diallo 8%, and Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara 5.5%. Turnout is 53%.
20.12.2008
Joseph Conombo, former foreign minister (1971-74) and prime minister (1978-80) of Upper Volta, dies.
04.09.2008
In a cabinet reshuffle, Alain Bédouma Yoda becomes foreign minister and Lucien Marie Noël Bembamba finance minister.
