Ejeda is a rural municipality in southwestern

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 belongs to the

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of Ampanihy, which is a part of

Atsimo-Andrefana Region 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 ...

. With 49,915 inhabitants it is the largest town of the

Ampanihy Ouest (district) Ampanihy Ouest is a district of Atsimo-Andrefana in Madagascar. Municipalities The district is further divided into 16 municipalities: * Agnavoha * Amboropotsy * Ampanihy * Androka * Androimpana * Ankiliabo * Ankilimivory * Ankiliabo * ...

. It is situated at the

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that crosses the

Linta River ''Linta'' is a river in the region of Atsimo-Andrefana in southern Madagascar. It crosses the Route nationale 10 near Ejeda and flows into the Indian Ocean in the Bay of Langarano, east of Androka Androka is a rural municipality in southwester ...

near Ejeda. Ejeda is served by a local airport. Primary and junior level secondary education are available in town. The town provides access to hospital services to its citizens. The majority 60% of the population of the commune are farmers, while an additional 35% receives their livelihood from raising livestock. The most important crop is

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, while other important products are

peanut The peanut (''Arachis hypogaea''), also known as the groundnut, goober (US), pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible Seed, seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics, important to both small ...

cassava ''Manihot esculenta'', common name, commonly called cassava (), manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America. Although a perennial plant, cassava is extensively ...

and

chickpea The chickpea or chick pea (''Cicer arietinum'') is an annual legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. Its different types are variously known as gram" or Bengal gram, garbanzo or garbanzo bean, or Egyptian pea. Chickpea seeds are high ...

. Services provide employment for 5% of the population. Ejeda has recorded a temperature of , which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Madagascar.

Nature

* the

Tsimanampetsotsa National Park Tsimanampetsotsa National Park also spelt Tsimanampetsotse, and known as Tsimanampetsotsa Nature Reserve is a 432 km2 national park on the south-west coast of Madagascar in the region Atsimo-Andrefana. The park is south of Toliara and sout ...

is nearby.

References

Populated places in Atsimo-Andrefana {{AtsimoAndrefana-geo-stub