The northwestern part of present-day Burkina Faso was populated by hunter-gatherers from 14,000 BC to 5,000 BC. Their tools, including scrapers, chisels and arrowheads, were discovered in 1973 through archaeological excavations. [23] Agricultural settlements were established between 3600 and 2600 BC. [23] The Bura culture was an Iron-Age civilization centred in the southwest portion of modern-day Niger and in the southeast part of contemporary Burkina Faso. [24] Iron industry, in smelting ... बुर्किना फासो को पहले गोल्ड कोस्ट (Gold Coast) के नाम से जाना जाता था। इसके उत्तर में माली (Mali) तथा नाइजर, पूर्व में नाइजर तथा बेनिन, दक्षिण तथा पश्चिम में टोगो (Togo), घाना एवं कोटे डी आइवरी (Cote D' Ivorie) स्थित है ... बर्किना फासो (फ्रेंच: Burkina Faso) हा पश्चिम आफ्रिकेतील एक ... 1984 में इसका नाम बदलकर बुर्किना फासो ("Land of Upright People अर्थात् ईमानदार लोगों की भूमि") कर दिया गया।
