Mankota
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Mankota (2021 population: Template:Nts) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Mankota No. 45 and Census Division No. 3. The village is located on Highway 18, about Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of the city of Swift Current.
History
The community acquired a post office in 1911 and was named by combining Manitoba and North Dakota, the original homes of many of its initial settlers.[1] Mankota incorporated as a village on February 3, 1941.[2]
Demographics
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Economy and businesses
Mankota has a stockyard for the sale of cattle from many farms in the area. Other businesses include an inn, motel/restaurant, general store, Credit Union, clinic/old folks home, bowling alley, town hall, library, fire station, community centre, auto repair shop, gas station, and a Canada Post office.
In 2016, Weil Group Resources of Dallas constructed 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 in Saskatchewan.[5]
Education
Mankota has one school that covers Kindergarten through Grade 12 in the Prairie South School Division. Enrollment for the 2008–2009 year was at 78, declining to 61 in 2011, and declining further every year on average.
There are 40 students enrolled for the 2022-23 school year, seven of which are in Grade 12.
Climate
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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.
- The Mankota Rodeo is held in May every year.
Notable people
- Dave Rodney, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Lougheed, November 22, 2004 – November 1, 2017
See also
- List of francophone communities in Saskatchewan
- List of villages in Saskatchewan
- List of geographic names derived from portmanteaus
References
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