Andevoranto Explained

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.

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

Personalities

Notes and References

  1. https://fdl.mg/sites/default/myfiles/PCD/PCD/PCD%20ANDOVORANTO/PCD%20Andovoranto.pdf PCD Andevoranto
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=-NmhAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA123 Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean
  3. https://fdl.mg/sites/default/myfiles/PCD/PCD/PCD%20ANDOVORANTO/PCD%20Andovoranto.pdf PLAN COMMUNAL DE DEVELOPPEMENT (PCD) DE LA COMMUNE RURALE D’ANDOVORANTO 2017-2021
  4. http://nah296.free.fr/evolutio.htm EVOLUTION DU DECOUPAGE ADMINISTRATIF
  5. Halcombe, J.J. (ed.) Mission Life, Vol. 8 Part 1, p. 32 (1877)
  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.")
  7. https://books.google.com/books?id=TZsFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA408 Report by Acting Consul Whitney, of Madagascar
  8. https://lexpress.mg/17/07/2023/trafics-et-deforestations-des-autorites-pointees-du-doigt/ L'Express.mg: Trafics & deforestation
  9. https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2019/04/18/sauver-la-foret-de-vohibola-ne-tient-qu-a-la-determination-du-gouvernement-malgache_5452217_3212.html Le Mondes: Sauver la Foret de Vohibola