Antalaha District is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

in northeastern

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 district contains the Masoala peninsula, and is limited by

Antongil Bay ''Helodranon' Antongila'' (Bay of Antongila), more commonly called Antongil Bay in English, is the largest bay in Madagascar. This bay is on the island's east coast, toward the northern end of the eastern coastline of the island. It is within Anal ...

in south-west and

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by t ...

on east. It is a part of

Sava Region Sava is a region in northern Madagascar. Its capital is Sambava. Until 2009 Sava belonged to Antsiranana Province. The region is situated at the northern part of the east coast of Madagascar. It is bordered by the region Diana to the north, Sofi ...

and borders the districts of

Sambava Sambava is a city and commune (commune urbaine; mg, kaominina) at the east coast of northern Madagascar. It is the capital of Sambava District and Sava Region. The population of the commune was 84,039 in as of the 2018 commune census. Infrast ...

into the north,

Andapa Andapa is a town and commune ( mg, firaisana) in northern Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Andapa, which is a part of Sava Region. According to 2001 commune census the population of Andapa was 27,618. Andapa is served by a local airpor ...

to the north-west and

Maroantsetra Maroantsetra , formerly Louisbourg, is a market town and domestic seaport in Analanjirofo Region, Madagascar, at the northern end of the Bay of Antongil. In 2005 it had a population of 42,529 people. History Maurice Benyovszky arrived in Maroant ...

to the west. The area is 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.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. The main town and district capital is

Antalaha Antalaha is an urban municipality in northern Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Antalaha, which is a part of Sava Region. The population of Antalaha was 67.888 in 2018. Antalaha has a maritime harbour. A local airport serves 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 *

- 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 Vinanivao is a town and commune ( mg, kaominina) in northern Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Antalaha, which is a part of Sava Region. According to 2001 commune census the population of Vinanivao was 14,906. Only primary schooling is av ...

- 11,049 inhabitants * Total - 282,921 inhabitants

References and notes

{{SavaMG-geo-stub Districts of Sava Region