Mananjary is a

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located in

Vatovavy Vatovavy is a region of Madagascar. Its capital is Mananjary. It was created by dividing the former region of Vatovavy-Fitovinany on 16 June 2021. Cyclone Batsirai made landfall at Mananjary in 2022, leaving 90 percent of the city destroyed. A ...

, Madagascar with a population of 25,222 inhabitants in 2018. It is the chief city of the

Mananjary district Mananjary is a district of Vatovavy in Madagascar. Its capital is the city of Mananjary. Communes The district is further divided into 25 communes: * Ambalahosy Nord * Ambodinonoka * Ambohimiarina II * Ambohinihaonana * Andonabe * Andranam ...

. It contains a town of the same name, situated on the southern part of the east coast, where the

Mananjary River The Mananjary River is located in southern Madagascar, in the region of Vatovavy. It drains to the eastern coast, into the Indian ocean. It serves as the southern edge of the territory known as Betsimisaraka. Helen Chapin Metz, ed., Madagasc ...

flows into the

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. There's a small port and an

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. Mananjary is situated at 130 km south of Nosy Varika on the RN 11 The

Canal des Pangalanes The Canal des Pangalanes is a canal that consists of a series of natural rivers, waterways and human-made lakes that extends for over and runs down the east coast of Madagascar from Mahavelona to Farafangana. It is used primarily for transpor ...

divides the town into two sections. In 2022

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made landfall at Mananjary, leaving the city destroyed by 90%.

Economy

Agriculture production is focused on

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, coffee, and pepper production.Madagascar & Comoros
pp. 230-31 (

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, 2008)

Religion

It is the seat of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Mananjary The Diocese of Mananjary is a Roman Catholic Diocese under the Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa in Madagascar. It is based in the town of Mananjary and was erected on 9 April 1968. It performs the Latin Rite. The Diocese covers approximately 14,270 ...

. The small

Antambahoaka The Antambahoaka are the least numerous ethnic group in Madagascar, numbering around 50,000 in 2013. They inhabit a small region along the southeastern coast of Madagascar near Mananjary and share their origins with the partially Arab Antaimoro ...

tribe holds a ceremonial mass

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rite every seven years in the village, called "Sambatra."Bradt, Hilary
Madagascar: The Bradt Travel Guide
p. 298 (2007)

Education

* École primaire française de MananjaryÉcole primaire française de Mananjary
"

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. Retrieved on May 7, 2015. Mananjary - collapsed bridge

References

{{Authority control Cities in Madagascar Populated places in Vatovavy Regional capitals in Madagascar