Rural Municipality of Mankota No. 45
rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada
The Rural Municipality of Mankota No. 45 (2016 population: 292) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within SARM Division No. 3. Located in the southwest portion of the province, it is adjacent to the United States border, neighbouring Valley County and Phillips County in Montana.
History
The RM of Mankota No. 45 incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1913.
Geography
Communities and localities
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.
Villages
Mankota
The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.
Organized hamlets
McCord
Localities
Billimun
Ferland
Horse Creek
McEachern
Milly
Summercove
Wideview
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Mankota No. 45 had a population of 289 living in 129 of its 158 total private dwellings, a change of −1% from its 2016 population of 292. With a land area of 1,693.17 km2 (653.74 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.2/km2 (0.4/sq mi) in 2021.
In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Mankota No.
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