Vatovavy is a 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 ...

. Its capital is

Mananjary Mananjary is a city located in Vatovavy, Madagascar with a population of 25,222 inhabitants in 2018. It is the chief city of the Mananjary district. It contains a town of the same name, situated on the southern part of the east coast, where the M ...

. It was created by dividing the former region of

Vatovavy-Fitovinany Fitovinany is a region located in southeast Madagascar. Its capital is Manakara. It is inhabited by the Antemoro people. It formerly belonged to the region Vatovavy-Fitovinany that was split on 16 June 2021 to become the regions Vatovavy and Fi ...

on 16 June 2021.

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 in 2022, leaving 90 percent of the city destroyed.l'Express de Madagascar
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Administrative divisions

Vatovavy Region is divided into three districts, which are sub-divided into 58 communes. * Ifanadiana District - 14 communes * Mananjary District - 25 communes * Nosy Varika District - 19 communes

Transportation

*Train - 180 km (from Fianarantsoa) *Car Taxi-Brousse * One airport: Mananjary Airport

Rivers

* the Namorona River

Protected areas

*Part of

Ranomafana National Park Ranomafana National Park is in the southeastern part of Madagascar in Haute Matsiatra and Vatovavy. With more than 41,600 hectares (161 square miles) of tropical rainforest, it is home to several rare species of flora and fauna including the ...

References

Vatovavy Regions of Madagascar {{Vatovavy-geo-stub