Betafo District Explained

Official Name:	Betafo
Settlement Type:	District
Mapsize:	180px
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Vakinankaratra
Seat Type:	Administrative centre
Seat:	Betafo
Area Total Km2:	4607
Population As Of:	2018
Population Total:	331696
Population Density Km2:	auto
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	113

Betafo is a district in Vakinankaratra Region, Madagascar. The administrative centre of the district is the town of Betafo. However the district has subsequently been divided by the creation of the new Mandoto District from former parts of Betafo District. The reduced district covers an area of 4,607 km, and it had an estimated population of 331,696 in 2018.^[1] It is situated at 22 km west of Antsirabe.

The irrigated rice paddies of the district are emblematic of this technology throughout the highlands and were nominated to the Tentative List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Madagascar in 1997.^[2]

Communes

The district is further divided into 18 communes:

• Alakamisy Anativato
• Alakamisy Marososona
• Alarobia Bemaha
• Ambatonikonilahy
• Ambohimanambola
• Ambohimasina
• Andranomafana
• Andrembesoa
• Anosiarivo Manapa
• Antohobe
• Antsoso
• Betafo
• Inanantonana
• Mahaiza
• Mandritsara
• Manohisoa
• Soavina
• Tritriva

Infrastructure

The district is connected by the RN34 national road from Antsirabe (22km) to Morondava..

Lakes

• The Lake Tritriva, a volcanic lake.

References

1. https://region-vakinankaratra.mg/betafo/ Region Vakinankaratra
2. Web site: UNESCO . World Heritage Convention: Madagascar . https://web.archive.org/web/20110514044902/http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/mg . May 14, 2011 . April 25, 2011 . dead .

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