Official Name: | Voloina |
Pushpin Map: | Madagascar |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Madagascar |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 180 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Analanjirofo |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Maroantsetra |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Total: | 11000 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | 3 |
Coordinates: | -15.5667°N 86°W |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 9 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 512 |
Voloina is a rural municipality in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Maroantsetra, which is a part of Analanjirofo Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 11,000 in 2001 commune census.
Primary and junior level secondary education are available in town. The majority 95% of the population of the commune are farmers. The most important crop is cloves, while other important products are coffee, rice and vanilla. Services provide employment for 3% of the population. Additionally fishing employs 2% of the population.[2]
Voloina is situated at the Ivoloina River, on the East coast of Madagascar, near its mouth into the Indian Ocean.
Only in 2023 this municipality was connected to the electric grid of Madagascar.[3]
Voloina is situated on the unpaved National Road 5.