Markoye is a town in northern
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳ðž¤ðž¤²ðž¤¢ 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...
, in the province of
Oudalan. It is the site of Burkina Faso’s coldest recorded temperature of .
Economy
There is a weekly
cattle
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and
camel market in the town and it is close to a
manganese
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mine in
Tambao.
[Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, by Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali, Boureima Diamitani, 2013, Third edition, Scarecrow Press, Inc. ]
Transport
It is a station on a proposed phosphate railway.
See also
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Railway stations in Burkina Faso
A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing s ...
References
External links
Markoye, Under the Acacias
Populated places in the Centre-Nord Region
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