Official Name: | Soavinandriana district |
Pushpin Map: | Madagascar |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Itasy |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Soavinandriana |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Land Km2: | 1970 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank1: | Merina |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | 3 |
Coordinates: | -19.1667°N 90°W |
Elevation M: | 1298 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 118 |
Soavinandriana district is a district[2] [3] of Itasy in Madagascar.
Tobacco is an important factor of the local economy.[4]
It is localized on the National Road 43, about 40 km from Analavory and 140 km from the capital Antananarivo.
The Ramanavy forest (Forêt de Ramanavy, or translated: Bats Forest) at 10km from Soavinandriana, that hosts some 20 endemic species of plants.[5]
The district counts 17 rivers and 20 creeks, including the Kelimahery, Mangadona and the Lily Rivers that forms also the Lily falls near Ampefy. Furthermore it borders to the Lake Itasy in the North.
The district is further divided into 15 communes: