Marivorahona or Tanambao Marivorahona is a municipality (french: commune, mg, kaominina) 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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Ambilobe Ambilobe is an urban municipality in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Ambilobe, which is a part of Diana Region. The town is the capital of Ambilobe district, and according to 2001 census the population was approximately 56,000. Ge ...

, which is a part of

Diana Region Diana is a region in Madagascar at the northeast part of the island. It borders the regions of Sava to the southeast and Sofia to the southwest. It covers an area of 19,266 km2, and had a population of 889,736 in 2018. The regional capital i ...

. According to 2018

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the population of Tanambao Marivorahona was 15,654. Only primary schooling is available in town. The majority (94%) of the population are farmers. The most important crops are sugarcane and

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, while other important agricultural products are

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, sweet potato and

rice Rice is the seed of the grass species '' Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera '' Zizania'' and '' Porteresia'', both wild and domesticat ...

. Industry and services both provide employment for 3% of the population.

Geographie

Tanambao Marivorahona lies 13 km from

and 123 km from Antsiranana (Diego Suarez) on the RN 6 in the fertile plains of the

Manajeba River The Manajeba River is located in northern Madagascar. Its sources are situated near in the Tsaratanana Massif, it crosses the Route nationale 6 near Tanambao Marivorahona and flows into the Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest ...

. It covers also the villages (fokontany) of Ananjaka, Antsatrambalo, Ambodiampana, Mahamasina, Bobasatrana, Isesy, Mahavelona, Marivorahona, Tanambao Marivorahona and Betsimiranjana. www.mef.gov.mg - DECRET n°2015–592 portant classement des Communes en Communes urbaines ou en Communes rurales.
/ref> The entrance of the

Ankarana Reserve Ankarana Special Reserve in northern Madagascar was created in 1956. It is a small, partially vegetated plateau composed of 150-million-year-old middle Jurassic limestone. With an average annual rainfall of about , the underlying rocks have been e ...

is in Mahamasina.

References

Populated places in Diana Region {{DianaMG-geo-stub