Benenitra is a town in
Atsimo-Andrefana
Atsimo-Andrefana is a region of Madagascar. It borders Menabe in north, Amoron'i Mania and Haute Matsiatra in northeast, Ihorombe and Anosy in east and Androy in southeast. The capital is Toliara and the population was 1,799,088 in 2018. Atsimo ...
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 ...
. It is situated in the district with the same name:
Benenitra (district)
Benenitra is a district of Atsimo-Andrefana in Madagascar.
Communes
The district is further divided into five communes:
* Ambalavato
* Ankilimary
* Benenitra
* Ehara
* Ianapera
Ianapera is a town and commune in Madagascar. It belongs to the ...
.
On 27 July 2018 a meteriote of an age of 4.56 billion years crushed at Benenitra.
Mining
There are coal deposits at 15km from Benenitra which have not been mined.
Geography
Benenitra is situated at the
Onilahy River
Onilahy is a river in Atsimo-Andrefana and Anosy (Toliara Province), southern Madagascar. It flows down from the hills near Betroka to the Mozambique Channel. It empties at St. Augustin (), and into the Bay of Saint-Augustin.
Two species of c ...
and on the
National Road T 17 A.
Travaux RNT17A
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References
Populated places in Atsimo-Andrefana
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