Mankota ( 2021 population: ) is a

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in the

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within the Rural Municipality of Mankota No. 45 and Census Division No. 3. The village is located on Highway 18, about 150 km southeast of the City of

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. It is also near the villages of Kincaid, Ferland, Hazenmore, and Glentworth.

History

The community acquired a post office in 1911 and was named by combining Manitoba and North Dakota, the original homes of many of its initial settlers. Mankota incorporated as a village on February 3, 1941.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Mankota had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Mankota recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Economy and businesses

Mankota has a stockyard for the sale of cattle from many farms in the area. Other businesses include the Grasslands Inn, a motel/restaurant, a general store, an

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, a small clinic/old folks home, a bowling alley, a town hall, a library, a fire station, a smaller community centre, an auto repair shop, a

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gas station, and a

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office. In 2016, Weil Group Resources of Dallas constructed a $10 million helium processing facility near Mankota to supply refined, industrial-grade helium gas to world markets, reviving a mineral resource which was previously established in Saskatchewan.

Education

Mankota has one school that covers

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through Grade 12 in the

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. Enrollment for the 2008-2009 year was at 78, declining to 61 in 2011, and declining further every year on average. There are 40 students enrolled for the 2022-23 school year, seven of which are in Grade 12.

Attractions

Grasslands National Park Grasslands National Park (French: ') is a Canadian national park located near the village of Val Marie, Saskatchewan, and one of 44 national parks and park reserves in Canada's national park system (though one of only two in Saskatchewan its ...

, one of Canada's newer

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and is located in southern Saskatchewan along the

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border. *

Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park is a natural park in Canada straddling the Alberta / Saskatchewan boundary and jointly administered by the two provinces. Located south-east of Medicine Hat, it became Canada's first interprovincial park in ...

, straddling the

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-Saskatchewan border southeast of

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, is Canada's only interprovincial park. * Mankota Stockyards, has cow sales every Friday all year long. * The Mankota Rodeo is held in May every year.

Notable people

* David Anthony Rodney, Member of the

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for

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, November 22, 2004 – November 1, 2017 * Neil O Webster, photographer

Climate

References

{{SKDivision3 Villages in Saskatchewan Mankota No. 45, Saskatchewan Division No. 3, Saskatchewan