BF — Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso is a landlocked Sahelian country in West Africa, bordered by Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Côte d'Ivoire. Formerly known as Upper Volta, it adopted its current name in 1984, meaning 'Land of Honest People.' Ouagadougou, the capital, hosts FESPACO, Africa's largest film festival. The country uses the West African CFA franc (XOF), shared across the UEMOA monetary union. For developers, the BF code identifies Burkina Faso in ISO 3166-1 and maps to the fr-BF locale for Burkinabè French. The .bf ccTLD and +226 dialing code are essential for building localized applications. Burkina Faso's mobile money adoption is growing rapidly, making correct currency formatting and phone number validation critical for fintech applications. The country's position in the CFA franc zone means developers must handle shared currency codes across multiple nations.