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Makanda
Illinois · IL · Jackson County
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Village in Illinois, United States547Population
5.3 sq miArea
Makanda ( muh-KAN-duh) is a village in Jackson County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 547, down from 561 in 2010. In the early 20th Century it used the slogan "Star of Egypt." Makanda is part of the Carbondale, Illinois Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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