Mananara-Nord National Park
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Mananara Nord National Park is a national park near
Mananara Nord Mananara Nord or Mananara Avaratra is a commune in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Mananara Nord, which is a part of Analanjirofo Region. The population of the commune was 35,148 in 2018. It is situated at the Route Nationale No.5 be ...
in the
Analanjirofo Analanjirofo is a region in northeastern Madagascar. Until 2009 it was a part of Toamasina Province. It borders Sava Region to the north, Sofia Region to the west, Alaotra-Mangoro Region to the southwest and Atsinanana Region to the south. The ...
Region 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 ...
. The closest city is
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 ...
. It also includes a marine park of 1000 ha near the village Sahasoa, with 3 islands, 3.5 km off Sahasoa: Nosy Antafana, Nosy Hely and Nosy Rangontsy.Jacaranda: Parc Nationale Mananara-Nord
/ref> On Nosy Antafana there is a campground near the springs. Particular species: *''
Dypsis antanambensis ''Dypsis antanambensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family. It is a palm endemic to Madagascar, where it grows in rainforests. The whole population occurs within Mananara-Nord National Park Mananara Nord National Park is a ...
'', an endemic, threatened palm tree. *'' Voanioala gerardii'', a rare coconut *''
Allocebus trichotis The hairy-eared dwarf lemur (''Allocebus trichotis''), or hairy-eared mouse lemur, is one of the most scarcely known lemurs. ''A. trichotis'' is a nocturnal lemur that is endemic to Madagascar. It was originally named by Albert Günther in 1875 a ...
'', a lemur only found near Mananara Nord river.


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{{National parks of Madagascar Analanjirofo National parks of Madagascar Madagascar lowland forests Important Bird Areas of Madagascar