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Country
  
Canada

Census division
  
No. 3

Post office Founded
  
N/A

Area
  
155 ha

Local time
  
Monday 1:22 AM

Area code
  
306

Region
  
Saskatchewan

Rural Municipality
  
No. 45

Village Incorporated
  
N/A

Population
  
211 (2011)

Province
  
Saskatchewan

Mankota, Saskatchewan

Weather
  
-3°C, Wind E at 8 km/h, 71% Humidity

Mankota saskatchewan


Mankota is a village in Mankota Rural Municipality No. 45, Saskatchewan, Canada. The population was 238 at the 2006 Census. The village is located on Highway 18, about 150 km southeast of the city of Swift Current. It's also placed near the small villages Kincaid, Ferland, Hazenmore, and Glentworth.

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Map of Mankota, SK, Canada

In 2016 Weil Group Resources of Dallas constructing a $10 million helium processing facility near Mankota to supply refined, industrial-grade helium gas to world markets, reviving a mineral resource which was previously established here in Saskatchewan.

Demographics

In 2006 Mankota had a population of 238 living in 178 dwellings, a 4.0% decrease from 1996. The village had a land area of 1.55 km2 (0.60 sq mi) and a population density of 153.3/km2 (397/sq mi).

Education

Mankota has one school that covers Kindergarten through grade 12 in the Prairie South School Division. Enrollment for the 2008-2009 year is at about 78. The population of the school in 2011 is 61.

Attractions

  • Grasslands National Park, one of Canada's newer national parks and is located in southern Saskatchewan along the Montana border.
  • Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, straddling the Alberta-Saskatchewan border southeast of Medicine Hat, is Canada's only interprovincial park.
  • Mankota Stockyards, has cow sales every Friday all year long.
  • Birthplace of photographer Neil O Webster.
  • The Mankota Rodeo is held in May every year.
  • References

    Mankota, Saskatchewan Wikipedia