Vatovavy

Vatovavy
Region
Mananjary
Location in Madagascar
Country	Madagascar
Creation	16.06.2021
Capital	Mananjary
Government [1]
• Gouverneur	Lucien Randriarison
Population  (2018)[2]
• Total	705,675
Time zone	UTC3 (EAT)

Vatovavy is a region of Madagascar. Its capital is Mananjary. It was created by dividing the former region of Vatovavy-Fitovinany on 16 June 2021.^[3]

Cyclone Batsirai made landfall at Mananjary in 2022, leaving 90 percent of the city destroyed.^[4]

Administrative divisions

Vatovavy Region is divided into three districts, which are sub-divided into 58 communes.

• Ifanadiana District - 14 communes
• Mananjary District - 25 communes
• Nosy Varika District - 19 communes

Transportation

• Train - 180 km (from Fianarantsoa)
• Car Taxi-Brousse
• One airport: Mananjary Airport

Bodies of water

• the Namorona River
• the Mananjary River
• the Sakaleona River and the Sakaleona Falls, the highest waterfall in Madagascar (200m)

Protected areas

• Part of Ranomafana National Park

References

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 Provinces and Regions of the Republic of Madagascar

• Antananarivo: Analamanga - Bongolava - Itasy - Vakinankaratra

• Antsiranana: Diana - Sava

• Fianarantsoa: Amoron'i Mania - Atsimo-Atsinanana - Fitovinany - Haute Matsiatra - Ihorombe - Vatovavy

• Mahajanga: Betsiboka- Boeny - Melaky - Sofia

• Toamasina (Tamatave): Alaotra-Mangoro - Analanjirofo - Atsinanana

• Toliara (Tulear): Androy - Anosy - Atsimo-Andrefana - Menabe

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