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Marka (river) Marka is a long river in Lower Saxony, Germany. At its confluence with the Ohe west of Friesoythe, the river Sagter Ems is formed. See also *List of rivers of Lower Saxony All rivers in the German state of Lower Saxony flow directly or indirec ...
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Marka, Iran Markeh ( fa, مركه; also known as Mūkeh and Mārkā) is a village in Doreh Rural District, in the Central District of Sarbisheh County, South Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also cal ...
, a village in South Khorasan Province *
Marka, Malawi Marka is a town located in Nsanje District in Malawi. It is the southernmost location in the country, serving as a border post for road and rail control between Malawi and Mozambique.Nsanje District Nsanje is a district in the Southern Region of Malawi. The capital is Nsanje. The district covers an area of and has a population of 194,924. In addition to the city of Nsanje, it has the important cities of Bangula, Marka, Tengani, and Fat ...
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Marka district Marka is an area of Greater Amman Municipality, Jordan. It is to the north-east of Amman proper. Its confines include Amman Civil Airport and the Marka refugee camp The Marka refugee camp ( ar, مخيم ماركا) is one of six emergency camps ...
, Jordan *
Marka refugee camp The Marka refugee camp ( ar, مخيم ماركا) is one of six emergency camps erected in 1968 to shelter 15,000 Palestinian refugees and displaced persons who left the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as a result of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Located ...
, a Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan * Marka International Airport, an alternative name for
Amman Civil Airport Amman Civil Airport ( ar, مطار عمان المدني, Maṭār ʿAmmān al-Madaniyy), commonly known as ''Marka International Airport'', is an unscheduled airport located in Marka district, Greater Amman Municipality, Jordan, some north-e ...
in Jordan *
Marka, Oslo Marka is the name of the forested and hilly areas surrounding Oslo, Norway. It includes areas within the municipality of Oslo, but also large areas in Hole, Ringerike, Jevnaker, Lunner, Nittedal, Bærum, Asker, and other municipalities in Viken ...
, the area surrounding Oslo, Norway * Marka (launch site), a missile launch site in Norway *
Merca Merca ( so, Marka, Maay: ''Marky'', ar, مركة) is a historic port city in the southern Lower Shebelle province of Somalia. It is located approximately to the southwest of the nation's capital Mogadishu. Merca is the traditional home territory ...
(Somali: ''Marka''), a port city in Somalia


Currency

* Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark (''konvertibilna marka''), the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina *
Polish mark The mark ( pl, marka polska, abbreviated ''Mp'', Polish-language plural declensions: ''marki, marek'') was the currency of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Republic of Poland between 1917 and 1924. It was subdivided into 100 ''fenigs'' (pho ...
(''marka polska''), the currency of the Kingdom of Poland and the Republic of Poland between 1917 and 1924


People

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Marka people The Marka (also Marka Dafing, Meka, or Maraka) people are a Mande people of northwest Mali. They speak the Marka language, a Manding language. History Muslim merchant communities at the time of the Bambara Empire, the Maraka largely controll ...
, a people of Mali in Western Africa *
Marka Gjoni Kapidan Marka Gjoni (1861–1925) was the chieftain of the Mirdita region and tribe in North Albania. He was born in Orosh. He was made '' Kaymakam'' of Mirdita by the Ottoman Empire during the absence of Prenk Bib Doda, who was interned in Ana ...
(1861–1925), Albanian chieftain *
Marka (singer) Serge Van Laeken (born 27 May 1961 in Watermael-BoitsfortSerge Van La ...
(born 1961), Belgian singer, songwriter, composer and film-maker Serge Van Laeken *
Saskia Marka Saskia Marka ( née Rüter; born 1975) is a German film title designer, known for her work on the TV series ''Babylon Berlin'', '' The Queen's Gambit'', ''Deutschland 83'', '' Deutschland 86'' and '' Deutschland 89''. Life and work Marka studi ...
(born 1975), German film title designer *
Sebastian Marka Sebastian Marka (born 1978 in Geneva, Switzerland) is a German film director and editor. Life and work Sebastian Marka was born in Geneva in 1978 and grew up in Königsbach-Stein near Karlsruhe. After completing his Zivildienst (alternative c ...
(born 1978), German film director and editor


Other uses

* Marka language, the language of the Marka people *
Publishing and Trade Centre "Marka" Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Publishing and Trading Center " Marka " provides publishing and distribution of postage stamps - stamps, booklets, ASE, marked cards, wire forms, FDC and special cancellation postmarks. The range of products als ...
, a Russian postage stamp publisher and distributor *
Márka Traubi or traubisoda is a brand of soft drink flavored with grape juice. It is produced in Hungary, Austria and Croatia. Before 1995, in Hungary, it was made by a factory called Traubi Hungaria
, a Hungarian soft drink * Marka Turkish Trademark


See also

* Finnish markka, the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002 * Maraka (disambiguation) * Markas, a male Lithuanian given name {{disambiguation, geo