Ambodiharina is a municipality in the
Mahanoro District
Mahanoro is a district of Atsinanana in Madagascar.
Communes
The district is further divided into 11 communes:
* Ambinanidilana
* Ambinanindrano
* Ambodibonara
* Ambodiharina
* Ankazotsifantatra
* Befotaka
* Betsizaraina
* Mahanoro
* Ma ...
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Atsinanana
Atsinanana is a coastal region in eastern Madagascar. It borders Analanjirofo region in the north, Alaotra-Mangoro in the west, Vakinankaratra and Amoron'i Mania in the southwest, and Vatovavy and Fitovinany in south. The region contains over 285 ...
Region,
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 ...
.
The 2001 population of the municipality was 20,217.
It is located near the coast and on the south side of the mouth of the
Mangoro River
The Mangoro River is the largest river on the east coast of Madagascar by basin size and water volume, and is 300 km in length.
Overview
The Mangoro begins northeast of the town of Anjozorobe in the Analamanga region, at approximately 1,1 ...
, and south of
Mahanoro
Mahanoro'' is a rural municipality located in the Atsinanana region of eastern Madagascar, along the coast.
It is located 9 km north of the mouth of the Mangoro River.Moriarity, H.A.Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean p. 126-28 (1891) (his ...
(the chief city of the district). The village of
Salehy lies across from the town on the north side of the river.
It residents are of the
Betsimisaraka people
The Betsimisaraka ("the many inseparables") are the second largest ethnic group in Madagascar after the Merina and make up approximately fifteen percent of the Malagasy people. They occupy a large stretch of the eastern coastal region of Madagas ...
.
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p. 41 (2009)
Infrastructures
The
National road 11 runs through the village, though one must cross the river by boat to proceed north on the road to
Mahanoro
Mahanoro'' is a rural municipality located in the Atsinanana region of eastern Madagascar, along the coast.
It is located 9 km north of the mouth of the Mangoro River.Moriarity, H.A.Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean p. 126-28 (1891) (his ...
.
Rivers
The
Mangoro River
The Mangoro River is the largest river on the east coast of Madagascar by basin size and water volume, and is 300 km in length.
Overview
The Mangoro begins northeast of the town of Anjozorobe in the Analamanga region, at approximately 1,1 ...
has its mouth into the Indian Ocean at Ambodiharina.
References
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Populated places in Atsinanana