Befandefa is a rural municipality in
Madagascar
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. It belongs to the
district
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of
Morombe
Morombe is an urban municipality (commune urbaine) on the south-west coast in Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar.
It can be reached by the National road 55 or pirogue from Morondava. It is situated at 283 km from Tulear.
An airport serves the town.
...
, which is a part of
Atsimo-Andrefana Region
Atsimo-Andrefana (South West) 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 2 ...
. The population of the municipality had been 11,812 inhabitants in 2018.
Primary and secondary schools are available in the direct presence of Befandefa. The majority 70% of the population works in fishing. 15% are farmers, while an additional 2% receives their livelihood from raising livestock. The most important crop is
maize
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, while other important products are
cassava
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and
sweet potato
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es. Industry and services provide employment for 1% and 12% of the population, respectively.
Befandefa has access to an electricity grid, fed by about 15 kWp of PV panels.
See also
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Andavadoaka
Andavadoaka is a small fishing village located on the southwest coast of Madagascar. It is located in the Morombe (district), 45 km south of the town of Morombe in the region of Atsimo-Andrefana. It belongs to the rural municipality of Befan ...
References
Populated places in Atsimo-Andrefana
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