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district
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
of Atsimo-Andrefana
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 i ...
in Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...
.
It can be reached by the National road 55 or pirogue
A pirogue ( or ), also called a piragua or piraga, is any of various small boats, particularly dugouts and canoes. The word is French and is derived from Spanish ''piragua'' , which comes from the Carib '.
Description
The term 'pirogue' ...
from Morondava
Morondava (, from "long coast") is a city located in Menabe Region, of which it is the capital, in Madagascar. It is located in the delta of the Morondava River at . Its population as of the 2018 census, was 53,510.
Population
The predominant ...
. It is situated at 283 km from Tulear
Toliara (also known as ''Toliary'', ; formerly ''Tuléar'') is a city in southern Madagascar. It is the capital of the Atsimo-Andrefana region, located 936 km southwest of the national capital Antananarivo.
The current spelling of the name ...
. The district has an area of , and the estimated population in 2020 was 231,431.
An airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial Aviation, air transport. They usually consist of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surf ...
serves the town.
Television
For 17 years now there is no television available in Morombe. At the time the transmitter broke down, the director took it toTulear
Toliara (also known as ''Toliary'', ; formerly ''Tuléar'') is a city in southern Madagascar. It is the capital of the Atsimo-Andrefana region, located 936 km southwest of the national capital Antananarivo.
The current spelling of the name ...
and later to Antananarivo
Antananarivo (Malagasy language, Malagasy: ; French language, French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana (), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known ...
but it was never returned.
Municipalities
The district is further divided into eight municipalities: * Ambahikily * Antanimeva * Antongo Vaovao *Basibasy
Basibasy is a municipality in Madagascar. It belongs to the Districts of Madagascar, district of Morombe District, Morombe, which is a part of Atsimo-Andrefana Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 12,000 in 2001 ...
* Befandefa
* Befandriana Sud
* 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.
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* Nosy Ambositra
Baobab d'Andombiry
The largest baobab
''Adansonia'' is a genus of medium-to-large deciduous trees known as baobabs ( or ). The eight species of ''Adansonia'' are native to Africa, Australia, and Madagascar but have also been introduced to other regions of the world, including Barb ...
in this world is found in the village of Belintsaka, 23 km from Morombe. It has a circumference of almost 28m.
There are more than 6000 adult baobabs alone in the forest of Andombiry of which 30 specimen are very large, with a circumference of more than 20m./ref>
See also
*Morondava
Morondava (, from "long coast") is a city located in Menabe Region, of which it is the capital, in Madagascar. It is located in the delta of the Morondava River at . Its population as of the 2018 census, was 53,510.
Population
The predominant ...
* Kirindy Mitea National Park
* Mikea Forest
The Mikea Forest (or Forêt des Mikea) is a forested region of southwestern Madagascar, between Manombo and Morombe. More specifically, it stretches from Route Nationale 9 to the west coast and from Mangoky south to the Manombo River. It li ...
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Morombe
* 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 ...
, a village of this district
References
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