Markoye
Markoye, Burkina Faso | |
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Department Capital | |
  Markoye, Burkina Faso | |
| Coordinates: Coordinates: 14°38′36″N 00°02′10″E / 14.64333°N 0.03611°E | |
| Country |  Burkina Faso |
| 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 degrees C (41 degrees 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[]
- Railway stations in Burkina Faso
References[]
- ^ http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/napa/bfa01f.pdf
- ^ Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, by Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali, Boureima Diamitani, 2013, Third edition, Scarecrow Press, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8108-6770-3
External links[]
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