Brickaville District is an administrative district in Atsinanana Region,

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; also known as Ampasimanolotra and Vohibinany. Brickaville is located along Route nationale 2 (RN 2), 105 km south of

Toamasina Toamasina (), meaning "like salt" or "salty", unofficially and in French language, French Tamatave or in the past as Port aux prunes, is the capital of the Atsinanana region on the east coast of Madagascar on the Indian Ocean. The city is the chief ...

(the primary seaport of the country) and 220 km east of

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 ...

(the capital). It is also situated alongside the Rianila river. It is a railway station on the Antananarivo - East Coast line. Its main industries revolve around sugar.Lonely Planet Madagascar & Comoros
p. 197 (2008) The district has an estimated population in 2020 was 218,727.

Communes

The district is further divided into 17 communes; which are further sub-divided into 180 villages (fokontany): * Ambalarondra * Ambinaninony * Ambohimanana * Ampasimbe * Andekaleka * Andevoranto * Anivorano Est * Anjahamana * Brickaville (Vohibinany) * Fanasana * Fetraomby * Lohariandava * Mahatsara * Maroseranana * Ranomafana Est * Razanaka * Vohitranivona

Economy

The economy is based on agriculture.

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, coconuts and

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are grown. Since 2019 there is also a

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mine in Fetraomby, the Sahamamy graphite mine.Agencecofin.com
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Roads

There are two mayor roads: the National Road 2 that leads from the capitol

and the National Road 11a that leads from its junction with the national road 2 at Antsampanana south to Vatomandry.

References

Districts of Atsinanana {{Madagascar-geo-stub