Official Name: | Andevoranto |
Other Name: | Andovoranto |
Pushpin Map: | Madagascar |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Madagascar |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 180 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Atsinanana |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Vohibinany (district) |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Maxime Laro |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 325 |
Population As Of: | 2018 |
Population Footnotes: | Census |
Population Total: | 10,723 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | 3 |
Coordinates: | -18.9544°N 49.1094°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 508 |
Andevoranto in Malagasy pronounced as /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.
There is a train station at Ambila-Lemaitso (Train DIA SOA) on the line from Toamasina-Antananarivo.
It is situated 20 km South of Brickaville and 100 km from Toamasina.
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.
12 Fokontany (villages) are part of this municipality: Andovoranto, Ambatobe, Ianakonitra, Andavakimena, Sondrara, Manakambahiny, Ambodivoara, Vohitrampasina, Vavony, Ambila Lemaitso, Manaratsandry and Manerinerina.