Manakara is a city in
Madagascar
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.
It is the capital
Fitovinany Region and of the
district of Manakara Atsimo.
The city is located at the east coast near the mouth of the
Manakara River and has a small port.
The bridge over the
Manakara River that connected the northern and southern parts of the city partly collapsed in September 2012.
Its temperature on average is 27 degrees
Celsius
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, the high is 32 and low is 10.
Infrastructures
Railroad
It is the endpoint of the
Fianarantsoa-Côte Est railway (FCE), which connects the city of
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 kin ...
with the sea.
Roads
The
National road 12, from
Irondro (North, 118km, intersection with
RN 25) - Manakara to
Farafangana (224 km, south) and
Vangaindrano (299 km).
Airport
Manakara Airport is one of the few places where a railway crosses a runway. There are no commercial flights to Manakara.
Education
French international schools:
* École primaire française Les Pangalanes
École primaire française Les Pangalanes
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Twin cities
* Parthenay (France)
References
External links
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Cities in Madagascar
Populated places in Fitovinany
Regional capitals in Madagascar