Betioky 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,

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and is crossed by the

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. The population is 25,612 inhabitants in 2018. An

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...

serves the town. Betioky belongs to the poorest regions of Madagascar, where no facilities for tapped drinking water exist.

Nature

The

Beza Mahafaly Reserve The Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve is a nature reserve in Madagascar northeast of Betioky Sud. The reserve also provides training and research opportunities. It consists of a fenced gallery forest, approximately , separated by from a gallery of ...

lies approx. 35 km North-East of Betioky Sud.

Religion

*EEM - Eklesia Episkopaly Malagasy (Anglican Church of Madagascar)Diocese de Toliara.org
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Mining

The

Betioky mine The Betioky mine is a large iron mine located in Betioky Sud in southern Madagascar, region of Atsimo-Andrefana. Betioky represents one of the largest iron ore reserves in Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Rep ...

, an

iron ore Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, or deep purple to rusty red. The iron is usually found in the fo ...

deposit.

References

Populated places in Toliara Province {{AtsimoAndrefana-geo-stub