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Basibasy is a municipality in
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. It belongs to the
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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 commune was estimated to be approximately 12,000 in 2001 commune
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. To Basibasy belong also the fokontany (villages) of Basibasy, Ambariaho, Behibake, Antalivy, Bevondro, Ankilambahia, Aminaomby and Taimbalabo.Ceni
/ref> Only primary schooling is available. The majority 55% of the population of the commune are farmers, while an additional 43% receives their livelihood from raising livestock. The most important crop is
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, while other important products are
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and
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. Services provide employment for 2% of the population.


See also

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Basibasy mine The Basibasy mine is one of the largest titanium mines in Madagascar. The mine is located in Basibasy, Atsimo-Andrefana. The mine has reserves amounting to 446 million tonnes of ore grading 5.5% titanium. References

Titanium mines in Ma ...


References and notes

Populated places in Atsimo-Andrefana {{AtsimoAndrefana-geo-stub