Mahavelona (commonly called Foulpointe), is a town in the district of

Toamasina Toamasina (), meaning "like salt" or "salty", unofficially and in French Tamatave, is the capital of the Atsinanana region on the east coast of Madagascar on the Indian Ocean. The city is the chief seaport of the country, situated northeast of it ...

II, in the region of

Atsinanana Atsinanana is a coastal region in eastern Madagascar. It borders Analanjirofo region in the north, Alaotra-Mangoro in the west, Vakinankaratra and Amoron'i Mania in the southwest, and Vatovavy and Fitovinany in south. The region contains over 2 ...

, on the northern part of the east coast 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 ...

Geography

It is situated at the coast of the

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by ...

south of the mouth of the

Onibe River Onibe is a river in the east of Madagascar. Its mouth is in the Indian Ocean at the city of Mahavelona (Foulpointe) in the region of Atsinanana Atsinanana is a coastal region in eastern Madagascar. It borders Analanjirofo region in the north, A ...

. The town is located at 60 kmLa Gazette de la Grande Ile - 14 May 2013
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on the RN 5 between

and

Maroantsetra Maroantsetra , formerly Louisbourg, is a market town and domestic seaport in Analanjirofo Region, Madagascar, at the northern end of the Bay of Antongil. In 2005 it had a population of 42,529 people. History Maurice Benyovszky arrived in Maroan ...

. There is a reef around 150 metres out to sea which prevents waves hitting the beach; the waters by the shoreline are completely calm as a result.

Economy

Its economy is based on tourism. Image:Plage FullPoint.JPG, View of beach Image:Bungallow Manda beach.jpg, Bungalow at Manda beach Image:Plage De Foulpointe.jpg, Beach of Foulpointe Image:Manda Fort Prison Foulpointe Madagascar.jpg, Manda Fort Image:Thick Sediment in Madagascar’s Onibe River - NASA Earth Observatory.jpg, Satellite image

References

Populated places in Atsinanana {{AtsimoAtsinanana-geo-stub