Markoye Explained

Markoye, Burkina Faso
Settlement Type:	Department Capital
Coordinates:	14.6433°N 0.0361°W
Pushpin Map:	Burkina Faso
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Sahel
Subdivision Type2:	Province
Subdivision Name2:	Oudalan Province
Leader Title:	Mayor
Timezone:	GMT
Utc Offset:	+0

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 5C.^[1]

Economy

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

Transport

It is a station on a proposed phosphate railway.

See also

• Railway stations in Burkina Faso

External links

• Markoye, Under the Acacias

Notes and References

1. Web site: Programme D'Action National D'Adaptation a la Variabilite et aux Changements Climatiques (Pana du Burkina Faso) . Ministere de L'Environnnement et du Cadre de Vie . fr . 11 . 22 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161020102156/http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/napa/bfa01f.pdf . 20 October 2016 . live .
2. Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, by Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali, Boureima Diamitani, 2013, Third edition, Scarecrow Press, Inc.