Antalaha District

District in Sava, Madagascar

14°53′S 50°17′E / 14.883°S 50.283°E / -14.883; 50.283CountryMadagascarRegionSavaGovernment

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• district chiefMarie Annick BevazahaArea

• Total6,795 km² (2,624 sq mi)Population

(2018)

• Total282,921 • Density42/km² (110/sq mi) • Ethnicities

BetsimisarakaTime zoneUTC3 (EAT)

Antalaha District is a district in northeastern Madagascar. The district contains the Masoala Peninsula, and is limited by Antongil Bay in south-west and the Indian Ocean on east. It is a part of Sava Region and borders the districts of Sambava into the north, Andapa to the north-west and Maroantsetra to the west. The area is 6,795 km² (2,624 sq mi) and the population was estimated to be 222,203 in 2009 and 282,921 in 2018. At the time of the last Madagascar census in 1993 149,684 inhabitants lived in this district.^[2]

The main town and district capital is Antalaha

Communes

The district is divided into 16 communes (from north to south) with population data based on projections for 2018:

Ambalabe - 16,988 inhabitants
Ambinanifaho - 13,307 inhabitants
Ambohitralanana - 16,853 inhabitants
Ampahana - 24,732 inhabitants
Ampanavoana - 13,556 inhabitants
Ampohibe - 27,050 inhabitants
Andampy - 7,399 inhabitants
Antalaha - 44,556 inhabitants
Antananambo - 17,091 inhabitants
Antombana - 20,659 inhabitants
Antsahanoro - 15,847 inhabitants
Antsambalahy - 10,946 inhabitants
Lanjarivo - 18,861 inhabitants
Marofinaritra - 16,930 inhabitants
Sarahandrano - 7,097 inhabitants
Vinanivao - 11,049 inhabitants

Total - 282,921 inhabitants

Infrastructures

The National road 5a connects the town with Sambava (81 km) and Ambilobe in the North. Antalaha has a maritime harbour. The local airport is situated at 12km west of Antalaha.

National Parks

The Masoala National Park.

Rivers

The Ambinany river, Ankavanana, Onive (nord) and Ankavia.

References

^ Antalaha News
^ INSTAT/ Madagascar BNGRC (National Disaster Management Agency ) 2009 population data with population grown rate estimations for 2010 to 2018 from the BNGRC (Population grown rates applied respectively per year of 2.76 , 2.75 , 2.74, 2.72 , 2.71 and 2.7 for 2015 to 2018). Population data obtained from the BNGRC in August 2018 (estimations only as the last census was undertaken in 1993, however Census 2018 is currently underway), checked on November 10, 2018.

14°53′S 50°17′E / 14.883°S 50.283°E / -14.883; 50.283