Bongolava Explained

Official Name:Bongolava Region
Flag Size:200px
Mapsize:180px
Subdivision Type:Country
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Tsiroanomandidy
Government Footnotes:[1]
Leader Title:Gouvernor
Leader Name:Joseph Ramiaramanana
Area Total Km2:17982
Population As Of:2018
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:674474
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:3
Blank Name Sec1:HDI (2018)
Blank Info Sec1:0.493[3]
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Bongolava is a region in central-western Madagascar. The capital of the region is Tsiroanomandidy. It had a population of 674,474 in 2018.[2]

Geography

The region is situated in central-western Madagascar. It is bordered by Betsiboka, Melaky, Menabe, Vakinankaratra, Itasy and Analamanga. The altitude ranges from 800m (2,600feet) to 1500m (4,900feet).

It is crossed by the Kiranomena River, Mahajilo River and Manambolo River and the Route nationale 1 (Madagascar).

Administrative divisions

Bongolava Region is divided into two districts, which are sub-divided into 24 communes.

Transport

Airport

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: EBDM . 2021-05-09 . 2022-01-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220130220506/https://beta.edbm.mg/fr/regions/Bonogolava . dead .
  2. Web site: Troisieme Recensement General de la Population et de L'Habitation (RGPH-3) Resultats Provisoires. Institut National de la Statistique Madagascar. May 23, 2020. November 18, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201118051622/https://www.instat.mg/wp-content/uploads/Rapport-Prelim-2019_ver_final.pdf. dead.
  3. Web site: Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. hdi.globaldatalab.org. en. 2018-09-13.