Andevoranto [andevʷˈrantʷ] is a rural municipality in the Brickaville District, Atsinanana Region, Madagascar.
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 |
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
editThere is a train station at Ambila-Lemaitso (Train DIA SOA) on the line from Toamasina-Antananarivo.
Geography
editIt is situated 20 km South of Brickaville and 100 km from Toamasina.
Bodies of Waters
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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
edit12 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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- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ 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