Morombe (district) explained

Official Name:Morombe (district)
Pushpin Map:Madagascar
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Madagascar
Pushpin Mapsize:180
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Atsimo-Andrefana
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Morombe
Government Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:7,784
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:231,431
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank1:Vezo
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:3
Coordinates:-21.75°N 65°W
Elevation M:7
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:618

Morombe is a district of Atsimo-Andrefana in Madagascar.[2] [3] It can be reached by the National road 55 or pirogue from Morondava. It is situated at 283 km from Tulear.[4] The district has an area of, and the estimated population in 2020 was 231,431.[5]

An airport serves the town.

Television

For 17 years now there is no television available in Morombe. At the time the transmitter broke down, the director took it to Tulear and later to Antananarivo but it was never returned.[6]

Municipalities

The district is further divided into eight municipalities:

Baobab d'Andombiry

The largest baobab in this world is found in the village of Belintsaka, 23 km from Morombe. It has a circumference of almost 28m.There are more than 6000 adult baobabs alone in the forest of Andombiry of which 30 specimen are very large, with a circumference of more than 20m.[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://lexpress.mg/04/01/2021/atsimo-andrefana-la-ville-de-morombe-en-delabrement-avance/ L'expreese de Madagascar: La ville de Morombe en délabrement avancé
  2. Book: REPOBLIKAN’I MADAGASIKARA:Tanindrazana – Fahafahana – Fandrosoana. MINISTERE DE L’AGRICULTURE, DE L’ELEVAGE ET DE LA PECHE. October 2007. 42-44. 2018-06-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143921/http://www.instepp.umn.edu/sites/default/files/product/downloadable/Madagascar_2005_Vol1.pdf. 2018-06-12. dead.
  3. Web site: Madagascar: Administrative Division. citypopulation. 10 June 2018.
  4. http://biblio.univ-antananarivo.mg/pdfs/razakamananaAndriaravosoaH_SOCIO_M1_11.pdf Contextualisation sociale et Energie renouvelable, cas de la commune urbaine de Morombe
  5. Web site: Morombe (District, Madagascar) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-01-17 . www.citypopulation.de.
  6. https://www.msn.com/fr-xl/afrique-centre-et-est/other/communication-morombe-privé-de-rnm-depuis-17-ans/ar-BB1bEl66 Communication: Morombe prié de RNM depuis 17 ans
  7. https://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/mdg/toliara/atsimoandrefana/26721_andombiry/49698/ Monumental Trees.com