Fitovinany is a

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

located in southeast

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 ...

. Its capital is

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 ...

. It is inhabited by the

Antemoro people The Antemoro (or Antaimoro, ) are an ethnic group of Madagascar living on the southeastern coast, mostly between Manakara and Farafangana. The name of tribe means From Imoro. Imoro is an historical name for the homeland of the Antemoro.Numberi ...

. The region border is based on the historical region of Matatana or Matitana. It formerly belonged to the region Vatovavy-Fitovinany that was split on 16 June 2021 to become the regions

Vatovavy Vatovavy is a region of Madagascar. Its capital is Mananjary, Fianarantsoa, 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 ...

and Fitovinany. The region extends along the southern part of the east coast of Madagascar. It is bordered by

(North),

Haute Matsiatra Haute Matsiatra (in Malagasy: Matsiatra Ambony) is a region in Madagascar. It borders Amoron'i Mania region in north, Vatovavy-Fitovinany in east, Ihorombe in south and Atsimo-Andrefana in west. The capital of the region is Fianarantsoa, and the ...

(West) and

Atsimo-Atsinanana 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 ...

(South).

Administrative divisions

Fitovinany Region is divided into three districts, which are sub-divided into 76 communes. *

Ikongo District Ikongo (formerly Fort Canot) is a Districts of Madagascar, district of Fitovinany in Districts of Madagascar, Madagascar. Communes The district is further divided into 17 communes: * Ambatofotsy * Ambinanitromby * Ambohimisafy * Ambolomadinika ...

- 17 communes * Manakara-Atsimo District - 42 communes * Vohipeno District - 17 communes

Economy

Fitovinany produces 1/3 of the coffee that is produced in Madagascar. It is also wellknown for its honey production and it is rich in mineral resources.Region Fitovinany
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Transportation

is the end station of 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 ...

. * Car, Taxi-Brousse * One airport and one seaport: ** Manakara Airport **Manakara seaport is only used for transshipments and transit (

Lychee Lychee ( , ; ''Litchi chinensis''; ) is a monotypic taxon and the sole member in the genus ''Litchi'' in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. There are three distinct subspecies of lychee. The most common is the Indochinese lychee found in So ...

coffee Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted, ground coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content, but decaffeinated coffee is also commercially a ...

, ...)

Roads

The National Road 12 from Irondro (intersection with RN 25) over

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 ...

Protected areas

*Part of Fandriana-Vondrozo Corridor *Part of

Marolambo National Park The Marolambo National Park covers a forested region of Eastern Madagascar, between Marolambo (region: Atsinanana), Antanifotsy (region: Vakinankaratra), Fandriana (region: Amoron'i Mania), Nosy Varika (Vatovavy), Ifanadiana (Vatovavy) and Ambo ...

*Part of

Ranomafana National Park Ranomafana National Park is a national park in southeastern Madagascar, in the Haute Matsiatra and Vatovavy regions. It was established as Madagascar's fourth national park in 1991 following the rediscovery of the greater bamboo lemur (''Hap ...

(Vatovavy) * Midongy Atsimo National Park 90 km from Vangaindrano *

Manombo Reserve Manombo Special Reserve is a wildlife reserve of Madagascar. It is situated at the village Manombo, 27 km south from Farafangana from where it can be reached by the Route nationale 12 (Madagascar), National road 12. It covers 5320 ha and is ...

, halfway between

and

Farafangana Farafangana is a city (commune urbaine) on the south-east coast of Madagascar and capital of the Atsimo-Atsinanana region. Location Farafangana is the capital of the region Atsimo-Atsinanana located approximately 400 kilometres south of the c ...

References

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Fitovinany Regions of Madagascar {{Madagascar-geo-stub