Tsiombe Explained

Official Name:Tsihombe
Other Name:Tsiombe
Pushpin Map:Madagascar
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Madagascar
Pushpin Mapsize:180
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Androy
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Tsihombe
Population As Of:2018
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:3
Coordinates:-25.3°N 74°W
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:150
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:621

Tsihombe is a municipality and a district of Androy in Madagascar.[3] [4]

Geography

This district is crossed by the Route nationale 10 and the Manambovo river. Tsihome is located at 65 km west of Ambovombe and 45 km East of Beloha.[5]

The district of Tsihombe includes the Cape Sainte Marie, the southernmost point of Madagascar. At Cape Sainte Marie there is also a wildlife reserve.

This is the semi-arid region of Madagascar and the population uses to eat cactus fruit and crickets to survive.[6] [7] [8]

A water-pipeline of 225 km is presently under construction if the tubes will not be embezzled.[9]

-25.3°N 74°W

Notes and References

  1. http://biblio.univ-antananarivo.mg/pdfs/rakotondraveloBenjaA_GEO_MAST_19.pdf DIFFICULTES ALIMENTAIRES DANS LES DISTRICTS DE BELOHA ET DE TSIHOMBE.
  2. Estimated based on DEM data from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
  3. Book: REPOBLIKAN’I MADAGASIKARA:Tanindrazana – Fahafahana – Fandrosoana. MINISTERE DE L’AGRICULTURE, DE L’ELEVAGE ET DE LA PECHE. October 2007. 42-44.
  4. Web site: Madagascar: Administrative Division. citypopulation. 10 June 2018.
  5. http://biblio.univ-antananarivo.mg/pdfs/rakotondraveloBenjaA_GEO_MAST_19.pdf DIFFICULTES ALIMENTAIRES DANS LES DISTRICTS DE BELOHA ET DE TSIHOMBE.
  6. https://www.cepf.net/stories/crickets-rescue Crickets to the rescue
  7. https://hal.science/hal-02881352/document Shield-backed katydids in Madagascar with the description of a new genus and three new species (Orthoptera: Ensifera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae: Arytropteridini)
  8. https://entomofarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Cricket_powder_madagascar_nov_2019.pdf Cricket Powder Provides ValuableNutrients for Vulnerable Populations
  9. https://www.presidence.gov.mg/actualites/informations/phototheques/beloha.html www.presidence.gov.mg