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Burkina Faso Terrain
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mostly flat to dissected, undulating plains; hills in west and southeast.
Resources
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manganese, limestone, marble; small deposits of gold, phosphates, pumice, salt.
Natural Hazards
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recurring droughts.
Population
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14,326,203 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.).
