Ranomena is a town and commune in

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. It belongs to the

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Vangaindrano Vangaindrano is a town and a district in Atsimo-Atsinanana Region, Madagascar with a population of 38,537 (2018). Geography The town is near the mouth of the Mananara River at the southern part of the east coast. It's connected to the north by Ro ...

, which is a part of

Atsimo-Atsinanana Region Atsimo-Atsinanana (South East) is a region in Madagascar. Its capital is Farafangana. The region used to be part of the Fianarantsoa Province. The region extends along the southern part of the east coast of Madagascar. It is bordered by Fitovinan ...

. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 19,000 in 2001 commune

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. Primary and junior level secondary education are available in town. The majority 96% of the population of the commune are farmers, while an additional 2% receives their livelihood from raising livestock. The most important crops are

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and

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; also

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is an important agricultural product. Services provide employment for 1% of the population. Additionally fishing employs 1% of the population.

Geography

It lies at the

Fianarantsoa-Côte Est railway The Fianarantsoa-Côte Est (FCE) railway is a colonial-built railway in southeast Madagascar that connects the high plateau city of Fianarantsoa to the port-city of Manakara. It is 163 kilometers long and was built by the French between 1926 a ...

that links the town with

Fianarantsoa Fianarantsoa is a city (commune urbaine) in south central Madagascar, and is the capital of Haute Matsiatra Region. History It was built in the early 19th century by the Merina as the administrative capital for the newly conquered Betsileo kin ...

and

Manakara Manakara is a city in Madagascar. It is the capital Fitovinany Region and of the district of Manakara Atsimo. The city is located at the east coast near the mouth of the Manakara River and has a small port. The bridge over the Manakara Ri ...

References and notes

Populated places in Atsimo-Atsinanana {{AtsimoAtsinanana-geo-stub