Mahavelona (commonly called Foulpointe), is a town in the district of
Toamasina
Toamasina (), meaning "like salt" or "salty", unofficially and in French Tamatave, is the capital of the Atsinanana region on the east coast of Madagascar on the Indian Ocean. The city is the chief seaport of the country, situated northeast of it ...
II, in the region of
Atsinanana
Atsinanana is a coastal region in eastern Madagascar. It borders Analanjirofo region in the north, Alaotra-Mangoro in the west, Vakinankaratra and Amoron'i Mania in the southwest, and Vatovavy and Fitovinany in south. The region contains over 285 ...
, on the northern part of the east coast of
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 ...
.
Geography
It is situated at the coast of the
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 th ...
south of the mouth of the
Onibe River. The town is located at 60 km
La Gazette de la Grande Ile - 14 May 2013
/ref> north of Toamasina
Toamasina (), meaning "like salt" or "salty", unofficially and in French Tamatave, is the capital of the Atsinanana region on the east coast of Madagascar on the Indian Ocean. The city is the chief seaport of the country, situated northeast of it ...
on the RN 5 between Toamasina
Toamasina (), meaning "like salt" or "salty", unofficially and in French Tamatave, is the capital of the Atsinanana region on the east coast of Madagascar on the Indian Ocean. The city is the chief seaport of the country, situated northeast of it ...
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 ...
. There is a reef around 150 metres out to sea which prevents waves hitting the beach; the waters by the shoreline are completely calm as a result.
Economy
Its economy is based on tourism.
Image:Plage FullPoint.JPG, View of beach
Image:Bungallow Manda beach.jpg, Bungalow at Manda beach
Image:Plage De Foulpointe.jpg, Beach of Foulpointe
Image:Manda Fort Prison Foulpointe Madagascar.jpg, Manda Fort
Image:Thick Sediment in Madagascar’s Onibe River - NASA Earth Observatory.jpg, Satellite image
References
Populated places in Atsinanana
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