Farahalana is a municipality in northern

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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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 ...

, which 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 lies near the mouth of the

Lokoho River The Lokoho River is located in northern Madagascar. It drains to the north-east coast, into the Indian Ocean. It drains the southern half of the Marojejy Massif. Its mouth is situated 25 km in the south of Sambava Sambava is a city and c ...

at the

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. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 23,000 in 2001 commune

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. Primary and junior level secondary education are available in town. The majority 96% of the population the commune are farmers. The most important crop is

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, while other important products are

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, cloves and

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. Services provide employment for 2% of the population. Additionally fishing employs 2% of the population.

Geography

The municipality is situated south of

on the National Road 5 on the

References

Populated places in Sava Region {{SavaMG-geo-stub