Burkina Faso
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Current time in Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou is the capital of Burkina Faso, in Africa.
| Capital | Ouagadougou |
| Continent | Africa |
| Time zone | UTC (no daylight saving) |
| Currency | West African CFA Franc (XOF) |
| Calling code | +226 |
| Internet domain | .bf |
| Area | 274,200 km² (105,869 sq mi) |
| Neighbours | Niger, Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Mali |
Travelling to Burkina Faso
| Emergency numbers | Police 17 Ambulance 112 Fire 18 |
| Plugs and sockets | Type C, Type E |
| Mains electricity | 220 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right |
Emergency numbers are checked against two independent sources, but they can change — confirm when you arrive. On a mobile phone, 112 also works in many countries.
Explore Burkina Faso
Country facts: GeoNames, licensed CC BY 4.0. Currency and language names: the Unicode CLDR. Time zones: the IANA time zone database, release 2026e. Plugs and mains electricity: the IEC's World Plugs guide. Driving side and emergency numbers: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), shown only where Wikidata agrees. All sources.