Flag of Burkina Faso

🎨 What the flag means

Burkina Faso's flag has a red stripe on top and a green stripe below, with a yellow star in the middle. It uses the Pan-African colours to show unity with other African countries. Red is said to stand for the revolution that created the modern country, green for its farms and natural riches, and the yellow star for a guiding light.

📊 Quick facts

👥 Population

23 million (2023)

🏙️ Capital

Ouagadougou2.5 million people (2019)

🗣️ Main language

French

✨ 3 fun facts

1. "Burkina" means "upright" in the Mooré language and "Faso" means "fatherland" in Dyula, so the name celebrates honest people.
2. Every two years the capital, Ouagadougou, hosts FESPACO, the biggest African film festival on the continent.
3. Burkina Faso's football team is nicknamed "the Stallions", after the legendary horse of Princess Yennenga.