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]
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]