Amboasary Sud (Amboasary Atsimo) is a town in
Anosy Region
Anosy is one of the 22 regions of Madagascar. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the eastern side of what was once the Toliara Province. The name ''Anosy'' means "island(s)" in Malagasy.
Due to a strategic sea route running al ...
,
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
. It is the main town of
Amboasary Sud District
Amboasary Sud (Amboasary Atsimo) is a district located in Anosy Region, Madagascar. It has a population of 45,989 in 2018.
Geography
It is located at the Mandrare River, approximately 75 km from Fort-Dauphin and 35 km from Ambovombe.
Econo ...
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It has a population of 45,989 in 2018.
Geography
It is located at the
Mandrare River
''Mandrare '' is a river in the region of Anosy in southern Madagascar. It flows into the Indian Ocean near Amboasary Sud. It becomes dry in certain months of the year.
See also
*List of rivers of Madagascar
This is a list of streams and ...
, approximately 75 km from
Fort-Dauphin and 35 km from
Ambovombe
Ambovombe-Androy , or just Ambovombe, is a city in the far south of Madagascar, and the capital of the Androy region. Ambovombe has now acquired city status with an officially estimated population in 2018 of 114,230.Institut National de la Statisti ...
.
Economy
The economy of the town is dominated by
sisal
Sisal (, ) (''Agave sisalana'') is a species of flowering plant native to southern Mexico, but widely cultivated and naturalized in many other countries. It yields a stiff fibre used in making rope and various other products. The term sisal ma ...
plantations and 3 transforming companies.
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Sports
* FC Amboasary Atsimo (regional soccer champion 2011 & 2012)
* ASMO Amboasary (regional soccer champion 2020)
Points of interest
*The privately owned Berenty Reserve
Berenty Reserve is a small private reserve of gallery forest along the Mandrare River, set in the semi-arid spiny forest ecoregion of the far south of Madagascar. For more than three decades the late primatologist Alison Jolly (who started the res ...
is close to Amobasary.
* Bay of Italy (''Italy'' significates ''Where there is the wind'' in Malgache language)
* Anony Lake with its flamingo
Flamingos or flamingoes are a type of Wader, wading bird in the Family (biology), family Phoenicopteridae, which is the only extant family in the order Phoenicopteriformes. There are four flamingo species distributed throughout the Americas ...
es and the caves called ''Jurassique Cirque'' (Jurassic Circus).
Infrastructures
The town is linked to Tôlanaro
Fort-Dauphin (Malagasy Tolagnaro or Taolagnaro) is a city (''commune urbaine'') on the southeast coast of Madagascar. It is the capital of the Anosy Region and of the Taolagnaro District. It has been a port of local importance since the early 1500 ...
(Fort Dauphin) by the National road 13 (73 km).
References
Populated places in Anosy
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