Mananjary is a
city
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located in
Vatovavy
Vatovavy is a region of Madagascar. Its capital is Mananjary. It was created by dividing the former region of Vatovavy-Fitovinany on 16 June 2021.
Cyclone Batsirai made landfall at Mananjary in 2022, leaving 90 percent of the city destroyed.
Adm ...
, Madagascar with a population of 25,222 inhabitants in 2018.
It is the chief city of the
Mananjary district
Mananjary is a district of Vatovavy in Madagascar. Its capital is the city of Mananjary.
Communes
The district is further divided into 25 communes:
* Ambalahosy Nord
* Ambodinonoka
* Ambohimiarina II
* Ambohinihaonana
* Andonabe
* Andrana ...
.
It contains a town of the same name, situated on the southern part of the east coast, where the
Mananjary River
The Mananjary River is located in southern Madagascar, in the region of Vatovavy.
It drains to the eastern coast, into the Indian ocean. It serves as the southern edge of the territory known as Betsimisaraka.Helen Chapin Metz, ed., Madagascar: ...
flows into the
Indian Ocean
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. There's a small port and an
airport
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.
Mananjary is situated at 130 km south of
Nosy Varika
Nosy Varika is a town and commune in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Nosy Varika, which is a part of the region of Vatovavy. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 19787 in 2018.
Nosy Varika is served by a loca ...
on the
RN 11
The
Canal des Pangalanes
The Canal des Pangalanes is a canal that consists of a series of natural rivers, waterways and human-made lakes that extends for over and runs down the east coast of Madagascar from Mahavelona to Farafangana. It is used primarily for transport ...
divides the town into two sections.
In 2022
Cyclone Batsirai
Intense Tropical Cyclone Batsirai was a deadly tropical cyclone which heavily impacted Madagascar in February 2022, becoming the strongest tropical cyclone to strike Madagascar since Cyclone Enawo in 2017. It made landfall two weeks after Trop ...
made landfall at Mananjary, leaving the city destroyed by 90%.
Economy
Agriculture production is focused on
vanilla
Vanilla is a spice derived from orchids of the genus ''Vanilla (genus), Vanilla'', primarily obtained from pods of the Mexican species, flat-leaved vanilla (''Vanilla planifolia, V. planifolia'').
Pollination is required to make the p ...
, coffee, and pepper production.
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pp. 230-31 (Lonely Planet
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History Early years
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, 2008)
Religion
It is the seat of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Mananjary
The Diocese of Mananjary is a Roman Catholic Diocese under the Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa in Madagascar. It is based in the town of Mananjary and was erected on 9 April 1968. It performs the Latin Rite. The Diocese covers approximately 14,270  ...
.
The small
Antambahoaka
The Antambahoaka are the least numerous ethnic group in Madagascar, numbering around 50,000 in 2013. They inhabit a small region along the southeastern coast of Madagascar near Mananjary and share their origins with the partially Arab Antaimoro ...
tribe holds a ceremonial mass
circumcision
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rite every seven years in the village, called "Sambatra."
[Bradt, Hilary]
Madagascar: The Bradt Travel Guide
p. 298 (2007)
Education
* École primaire française de Mananjary
[École primaire française de Mananjary]
" AEFE
The Agency for French Education Abroad, or Agency for French Teaching Abroad, (french: Agence pour l'enseignement français à l'étranger; abbreviation: AEFE), is a national public agency under the administration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...
. Retrieved on May 7, 2015.
References
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Cities in Madagascar
Populated places in Vatovavy
Regional capitals in Madagascar