Coordinates: 14°38′36″N 00°02′10″E / 14.64333°N 0.03611°E / 14.64333; 0.03611

Markoye

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Markoye, Burkina Faso
Department Capital
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Country Burkina Faso
RegionSahel
ProvinceOudalan Province
Time zoneUTC+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

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

Transport

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

See also

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References

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