Antalaha District Explained

Official Name:Antalaha District
Settlement Type:District
Mapsize:180px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Madagascar
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Sava
Seat Type:Capital
Government Footnotes:[1]
Leader Title:district chief
Leader Name:Marie Annick Bevazaha
Area Total Km2:6795
Population As Of:2018
Population Total:282921
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank1:Betsimisaraka
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:3
Coordinates:-14.8833°N 67°W

Antalaha District is a district in northeastern Madagascar. The district contains the Masoala Peninsula, and is limited by Antongil Bay in south-west and the Indian Ocean on east. It is a part of Sava Region and borders the districts of Sambava into the north, Andapa to the north-west and Maroantsetra to the west. The area is 67950NaN0 and the population was estimated to be 222,203 in 2009 and 282,921 in 2018. At the time of the last Madagascar census in 1993 149,684 inhabitants lived in this district.[2]

The main town and district capital is Antalaha

Communes

The district is divided into 16 communes (from north to south) with population data based on projections for 2018:

Infrastructures

The National road 5a connects the town with Sambava (81 km) and Ambilobe in the North. Antalaha has a maritime harbour. The local airport is situated at 12km west of Antalaha.

National Parks

The Masoala National Park.

Rivers

The Ambinany river, Ankavanana, Onive (nord) and Ankavia.

References

-14.8833°N 67°W

Notes and References

  1. https://antalahanews.com/antalaha-mars-2017/ Antalaha News
  2. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/madagascar-administrative-level-0-4-population-statistics INSTAT/ Madagascar BNGRC (National Disaster Management Agency) 2009 population data with population grown rate estimations for 2010 to 2018 from the BNGRC (Population grown rates applied respectively per year of 2.76, 2.75, 2.74, 2.72, 2.71 and 2.7 for 2015 to 2018). Population data obtained from the BNGRC in August 2018 (estimations only as the last census was undertaken in 1993, however Census 2018 is currently underway)