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Andevoranto

Andovoranto
Andevoranto Andovoranto
	Andevoranto
	Andevoranto Location in Madagascar
	Coordinates: 18°57′16″S 49°6′34″E / 18.95444°S 49.10944°E
Country	Madagascar
Region	Atsinanana
District	Vohibinany (district)
Government
• Mayor	Maxime Laro
Area
• Total	325 km2 (125 sq mi)
Population (2018)Census
• Total	10,723
Time zone	UTC3 (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

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

Geography

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

Bodies of Waters

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

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

Nature

The Vohibola Reserve^[8] that also is found the smallest frog on earth, Stumpffia pygmaea and Stumpffia vohibolensis but also the smallest cameleon Brookesia minima of this planet^[9] and Calumma vohibola, another species of cameleons.

Personalities

Henri de Solages

References

^ PCD Andevoranto
^ Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean, p. 123 (1891) (historical description of town)
^ PLAN COMMUNAL DE DEVELOPPEMENT (PCD) DE LA COMMUNE RURALE D’ANDOVORANTO 2017-2021
^ EVOLUTION DU DECOUPAGE ADMINISTRATIF (see 1908 map), Retrieved February 22, 2013
^ Halcombe, J.J. (ed.) Mission Life, Vol. 8 Part 1, p. 32 (1877)
^ 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.")
^ Report by Acting Consul Whitney, of Madagascar (1884)
^ L'Express.mg: Trafics & deforestation
^ Le Mondes: Sauver la Foret de Vohibola

[1] PCD Andevoranto

[ref2-2] 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

[map2-4] EVOLUTION DU DECOUPAGE ADMINISTRATIF (see 1908 map), Retrieved February 22, 2013

[cap2-5] Halcombe, J.J. (ed.) Mission Life, Vol. 8 Part 1, p. 32 (1877)

[ref3-6] 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.")

[key-7] Report by Acting Consul Whitney, of Madagascar (1884)

[8] L'Express.mg: Trafics & deforestation

[9] Le Mondes: Sauver la Foret de Vohibola

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