Sakaraha Sakaraha is a town and municipality in Atsimo-Andrefana Region, south-western Madagascar. It has a population of 31,183 in 2018. Geography Sakaraha is situated along route nationale No. 7 (Tuléar- Fianarantsoa) at 134 km from Tuléar, 64& ...

is a district located in

Atsimo-Andrefana 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 ...

Region, south-western

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 ...

Communes

The district is further divided into 11 communes: * Ambinany * Amboronabo * Andalamasina Vineta * Andranolava * Bereketa *

Mahaboboka Mahaboboka is a town and commune ( mg, kaominina) in Madagascar. It belongs to the Districts of Madagascar, district of Sakaraha District, Sakaraha, which is a part of Atsimo-Andrefana Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be appr ...

* Miary Lamatihy * Miary Taheza * Mihavatsy * Mikoboka * Mitsinjo, Sakaraha *

Geography

Sakaraha is situated along route nationale No. 7 (

Tuléar Toliara (also known as ''Toliary'', ; formerly ''Tuléar'') is a city in Madagascar. It is the capital of the Atsimo-Andrefana region, located 936 km southwest of national capital Antananarivo. The current spelling of the name was adopted ...

Fianarantsoa Fianarantsoa is a city (commune urbaine) in south central Madagascar, and is the capital of Haute Matsiatra Region. History It was built in the early 19th century by the Merina as the administrative capital for the newly conquered Betsileo king ...

) at 134 km from Tuléar, 64 km from

Andranovory Andranovory is a town and commune ( mg, kaominina) in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Toliara II, which is a part of Atsimo-Andrefana Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 31,000 in 2001 commune census ...

and 84 km from

Ilakaka Ilakaka is a small town in Ihorombe Region in the south western part of Madagascar. In the early 1990s there were only about 40 residents in the area. After the discovery of one of Earth's largest known alluvial sapphire deposits in the valley of ...

.Atlas Mondial, France Loisir, page 159

Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park ''Zombitse-Vohibasia'' is a national park in the Atsimo-Andrefana region of south-west Madagascar. It is north-east of the town of Toliara, the site of the nearest airport, and the Welcome Office is at Sakaraha from the park entrance. The park c ...

is located in the district, east of the town of Sakaraha. Analavelona Massif is in the western portion of the district.

References

Districts of Atsimo-Andrefana {{AtsimoAndrefana-geo-stub