Markoye

Department Capital in Sahel, Burkina Faso

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Markoye is a town in northern Burkina Faso, in the province of Oudalan. It is the site of Burkina Faso’s coldest recorded temperature of 5.0 °C (41.0 °F).[1]

Markoye, Burkina Faso
Department Capital
Markoye, Burkina Faso is located in Burkina Faso
Markoye, Burkina Faso
Markoye, Burkina Faso
Coordinates: 14°38′36″N 00°02′10″E / 14.64333°N 0.03611°E / 14.64333; 0.03611
Country Burkina Faso
RegionSahel
ProvinceOudalan Province
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Economy

There is a weekly cattle and camel market in the town and it is close to a manganese mine in Tambao.[2]

Transport

It is a station on a proposed phosphate railway.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Programme D'Action National D'Adaptation a la Variabilite et aux Changements Climatiques (Pana du Burkina Faso)" (PDF) (in français). Ministere de L'Environnnement et du Cadre de Vie. p. 11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  2. ^ Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, by Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali, Boureima Diamitani, 2013, Third edition, Scarecrow Press, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8108-6770-3

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