Sofia Region

This article is about the region in Madagascar. For the Bulgarian oblast, see Sofia Province.

Sofia Region
Region
Sofia
Location in Madagascar
Country	Madagascar
Capital	Antsohihy
Government [1]
• Governor	René de Rolland Urbain Lylison
Area
• Total	50,100 km^2 (19,300 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[2]
• Total	1,500,227
• Density	30/km^2 (78/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC3 (EAT)
HDI (2018)	0.538[3] low · 6th of 22

Sofia is a region in northern Madagascar. It is named for the Sofia River. It is the second largest Malagasy region (behind Atsimo-Andrefana) with an area of 50,100 km² (19,300 sq mi), and had a population of 1,500,227 in 2018.[2] The administrative capital is Antsohihy.

Administrative divisions

Sofia Region is divided into seven districts, which are sub-divided into 108 communes.

Sofia

• Analalava District - 11 communes
• Antsohihy District - 12 communes
• Bealanana District - 13 communes
• Befandriana-Nord District - 12 communes
• Boriziny-Vaovao District - 15 communes
• Mampikony District - 6 communes
• Mandritsara District - 22 communes

Transport

Airports

• Analalava Airport
• Antsohihy Airport
• Bealanana Airport
• Befandriana-Avaratra Airport
• Mampikony Airport
• Mandritsara Airport
• Boriziny Vaovao Airport

Roads

Sofia is crossed by the National Road 4 (Antananarivo-Mahajanga), National Road 6 (Antsohihy-Diego Suarez), the National road 31 (Antsohihy to Mandritsara) and National road 32 (Antsohihy to Bealanana).

Protected Areas

Mangroves of Anjajavy Forest

Sofia disposes of the highest concentration of mangroves in Madagascar with a total surface of 450 km2.[4]

• Bongolava forest corridor
• Marotandrano Reserve
• Bora Reserve
• Tampoketsa Analamaitso Reserve
• Radama Islands/Sahamalaza National Park
• Bemanevika New Protected Area
• Mahimborondro New Protected Area
• Part of Makira Natural Park
• Anjajavy Forest New Protected Area

External links

• (in French) Official Website

References

1. EDBM
2. "Troisieme Recensement General de la Population et de L'Habitation (RGPH-3) Resultats Provisoires" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique Madagascar. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
3. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
4. L'Express/mg: Ananalava mangroves

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