Markoye
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Markoye, Burkina Faso | |
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Department Capital | |
Coordinates: 14°38′36″N 00°02′10″E / 14.64333°N 0.03611°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Sahel |
Province | Oudalan Province |
Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
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]
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
- ^ "Programme D'Action National D'Adaptation a la Variabilite et aux Changements Climatiques (Pana du Burkina Faso)" (PDF) (in French). Ministere de L'Environnnement et du Cadre de Vie. p. 11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ 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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