Markoye is a
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
or commune of
Oudalan Province
Oudalan is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Sahel Region.
Its capital is Gorom-Gorom. The 2019 census reported 158,146 people living in the province.
Departments
The province is divided into 5 departments.
See also
*Reg ...
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 the ...
. Its capital lies at the town of
Markoye
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 .
Economy
There is a weekly cattle and camel market in the town and it is close to a manganese mine in T ...
.
Burkinabé government inforoute communale
Towns and villages
References
Departments of Burkina Faso
Oudalan Province
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