Area
Burkina Faso has a total area of 274,200 km², of which 273,800 km² is land and 400 km² water. Comparatively, it is slightly larger than the US state of Colorado. Its borders total 3,193 km: Benin 306 km, Côte d'Ivoire 584 km, Ghana 549 km, Mali 1,000 km, Niger 628 km, and Togo 126 km. It has no coastline or maritime claims.
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