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Andevoranto

Andevoranto
Andovoranto
Andevoranto
Andevoranto
Andevoranto is located in Madagascar
Andevoranto
Andevoranto
Location in Madagascar
Coordinates: 18°57′16″S 49°6′34″E / 18.95444°S 49.10944°E / -18.95444; 49.10944
Country Madagascar
RegionAtsinanana
DistrictVohibinany (district)
Government
 • MayorMaxime Laro
Area
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 • Total
325 km2 (125 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)Census
 • Total
10,723
Time zoneUTC3 (EAT)
Postal code
508

Andevoranto [andevʷˈrantʷ] is a rural municipality in the Brickaville District, Atsinanana Region, Madagascar.

It is located near the coast and near the mouth of the Rianila River[2] at a distance of 20 km from Brickaville.[3]

During the French colonial rule of the island, Andrevoranto was the capital of Andevoranto Province, and sources also described it as a former capital of the Betsimisaraka people in the region.[4][5][6] The town was at that point also the junction of a number of important roads, including the key road from the coast to the capital, Antananarivo.[7] Today, the key route of Route nationale 2 from the capital is located west of Andevoranto.

Railroad

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There is a train station at Ambila-Lemaitso (Train DIA SOA) on the line from Toamasina-Antananarivo.

Geography

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It is situated 20 km South of Brickaville and 100 km from Toamasina.

Bodies of Waters

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the Canal des Pangalanes

The Canal des Pangalanes follows the coastline a few hundred meters distance from North to South. This is a channel that connects the lakes of the region, as the Anjamborona Lake that is the largest in the municipality.

Fokontany

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12 Fokontany (villages) are part of this municipality: Andovoranto, Ambatobe, Ianakonitra, Andavakimena, Sondrara, Manakambahiny, Ambodivoara, Vohitrampasina, Vavony, Ambila Lemaitso, Manaratsandry and Manerinerina.

Nature

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Minute leaf chameleon (Brookesia minima)

Personalities

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References

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  1. ^ PCD Andevoranto
  2. ^ Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean, p. 123 (1891) (historical description of town)
  3. ^ PLAN COMMUNAL DE DEVELOPPEMENT (PCD) DE LA COMMUNE RURALE D’ANDOVORANTO 2017-2021
  4. ^ EVOLUTION DU DECOUPAGE ADMINISTRATIF (see 1908 map), Retrieved February 22, 2013
  5. ^ Halcombe, J.J. (ed.) Mission Life, Vol. 8 Part 1, p. 32 (1877)
  6. ^ Little, William Henry. Madagascar: its history and people, p. viii (1884) ("the interesting and important town of Andevoranto--the ancient capital of the once independent and powerful Betsimisaraka tribe.")
  7. ^ Report by Acting Consul Whitney, of Madagascar (1884)
  8. ^ L'Express.mg: Trafics & deforestation
  9. ^ Le Mondes: Sauver la Foret de Vohibola