Markoye

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'''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 {{convert|5.0|C|F|abbr=on}}.<ref name=burkinaclimatechange>{{cite web |url=http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/napa/bfa01f.pdf |title=Programme D'Action National D'Adaptation a la Variabilite et aux Changements Climatiques (Pana du Burkina Faso) |publisher=Ministere de L'Environnnement et du Cadre de Vie |language=fr |page=11 |access-date=22 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020102156/http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/napa/bfa01f.pdf |archive-date=20 October 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Economy== There is a weekly cattle and camel market in the town and it is close to a manganese mine in Tambao.<ref>Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, by Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali, Boureima Diamitani, 2013, Third edition, Scarecrow Press, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-8108-6770-3}}</ref>

==Transport== It is a station on a proposed phosphate railway.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

==See also==

* Railway stations in Burkina Faso

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20101027065415/http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/stuff/markoye.html Markoye, Under the Acacias]

Category:Populated places in the Sahel Region Category:Oudalan Province