Districts of Madagascar explained

Districts are second-level administrative divisions of Madagascar below the regions. There are 114 districts in Madagascar. Districts are themselves divided into communes; while some of the districts in urban areas (such as the City districts of Antananarivo, Antsirabe I, Antsiranana I, Fianarantsoa I, Toamasina I and Toliara I) and offshore islands (such as the districts of Nosy Be and Nosy Boraha) each consist of only one commune, most of the districts are divided typically into 5 - 20 communes.

List of districts

District	Region	Former province	Area^[1] in km^2	Population estimate mid 2013^[2]	Population Census^[3] 2018	Population density per km^2 (2018)
			4,798.47	209,417	300,242	62.6
			5,999.72	190,435	238,114	39.7
			8,528.25	211,204	264,141	31.0
			10,321.48	155,470	215,851	20.9
			1,651.14	256,164	282,970	171.4
			4,740.44	29,420	43,305	9.1
			5,540.25	324,610	359,614	64.9
			8,006.76	216,145	280,089	35.0
			9,888.82	209,090	256,977	26.0
			1,432.36	399,037	441,682	308.4
			1,929.12	214,703	272,123	141.1
			2,914.18	262,353	296,485	101.7
			6,504.18	349,675	362,309	55.7
			13,837.11	310,173	398,374	28.8
			4,622.51	267,622	323,935	70.1
			8,732.19	148,668	163,968	18.8
			4,051.48	189,882	219,397	54.2
			7,686.18	70,527	105,187	13.7
			1,406.41	170,124	168,161	119.6
			4,275.06	177,134	225,792	52.8
			7,456.28	65,560	71,393	9.6
			7,358.26	151,543	195,418	26.6
			2,858.75	89,205	113,904	39.8
			6,795.01	231,479	268,902	39.6
			1,298.55	48,665	61,845	47.6
			421.97	585,184	642,364	1,522.3
			581.88	362,539	449,425	772.4
			85.01	1,299,080	1,275,207	15,000.7
			2,785.57	307,944	352,407	126.5
			6,864.38	58,341	57,662	8.4
			132.94	238,478	245,592	1,847.4
			2,471.31	406,353	446,688	180.7
Antsiranana I (Diego-Suarez)			71.90	115,015	131,165	1,824.3
			5,612.41	105,416	130,903	23.3
			4,773.81	137,433	175,855	36.8
			2,135.48	304,931	354,097	165.8
			6,831.86	143,005	183,889	26.9
Befandriana Avaratra (North Befandriana)			8,718.98	241,082	256,588	29.4
			3,238.05	53,456	54,028	16.7
			5,141.49	164,751	236,715	46.0
			4,787.01	109,361	154,652	32.3
			8,037.88	124,136	132,141	16.4
			4,368.05	38,716	43,808	10.0
			7,320.22	45,709	68,795	9.4
			11,951.49	71,195	58,916	4.9
			4,155.03	254,736	319,057	76.8
			7,690.61	205,332	308,774	40.1
			13,672.48	190,836	210,854	15.4
Boriziny-Vaovao (formerly Port Bergé)			7,088.30	189,097	228,972	32.3
			2,274.51	201,611	215,961	94.9
			2,824.05	341,843	400,174	141.7
			1,856.87	193,301	220,900	119.0
			7,553.98	130,443	181,284	24.0
Fenoarivo-Atsinanana (Fenerive Est)			2,992.86	308,395	294,036	98.2
			86.05	190,318	189,879	2,206.6
			4,556.49	50,409	55,899	12.3
			3,970.73	154,272	175,111	44.1
			17,191.45	203,373	293,129	17.1
			9,796.82	89,374	125,651	12.8
Ikongo (Fort Canot)			3,154.42	186,055	202,827	64.3
			1,342.89	129,461	151,039	112.5
			4,315.09	58,525	69,492	16.1
			6,101.87	20,690	25,892	4.2
			1,051.31	169,568	183,586	174.6
			10,749.93	151,001	223,794	20.8
			13,716.13	141,538	154,017	11.2
			51.05	220,629	244,722	4,793.8
			4,687.22	77,524	95,192	20.3
			3,763.09	238,467	284,812	75.7
			9,888.01	106,604	115,192	11.6
			4,572.27	133,765	185,637	40.6
			3,162.57	365,427	380,538	120.3
Mananara Avaratra (North Mananara)			4,486.59	169,942	240,352	53.6
			981.98	95,594	105,622	107.6
			5,467.09	316,930	278,736	51.0
			4,846.01	146,330	206,744	42.7
			10,297.26	253,985	305,318	29.7
			9,072.62	75,175	106,378	11.7
			1,798.82	204,153	220,079	122.3
			6,964.52	220,973	251,878	36.2
			3,580.68	149,556	167,224	46.7
			5,611.56	182,742	198,670	35.4
			12,329.89	130,790	157,013	12.7
			2,579.39	240,687	293,318	113.7
			2,546.86	45,817	47,746	18.7
			4,664.40	59,578	86,719	18.6
			7,414.22	24,035	34,730	4.7
			7,149.48	275,146	352,874	49.4
			7,783.86	117,175	218,190	28.0
			5,690.69	120,473	151,028	26.5
			320.02	73,010	109,465	342.1
Nosy Boraha (formerly Sainte Marie)			185.22	26,547	26,457	142.8
			3,828.08	241,438	254,735	66.5
			8,578.10	113,080	150,508	17.5
			4,681.76	304,366	395,680	84.5
			7,725.38	47,997	41,727	5.4
			4,365.01	136,054	143,365	32.8
			1,869.86	187,217	250,547	134.0
Taolagnaro (Fort-Dauphin)			5,950.37	271,878	341,482	57.4
Toamasina I (Tamatave)			30.91	274,667	326,286	10,556.0
Toamasina II Tamatave II			5,011.89	231,367	261,516	52.2
Toliara I (Tulear)			32.12	156,710	169,760	5,285.2
			9,617.76	264,301	369,485	38.4
			12,138.71	121,831	144,875	11.9
			2,528.71	110,147	149,700	59.2
			10,558.50	326,925	493,190	46.7
			4,816.70	329,596	355,329	73.8
			2,281.26	139,906	170,148	74.6
			2,670.79	173,222	196,257	73.5
			8,268.55	255,080	239,034	28.9
Vohibinany (Brickaville)			6,056.85	188,052	212,572	35.1
			1,828.93	196,343	224,776	122.9
			1,150.76	152,337	143,935	125.1
			3,199.72	127,990	163,397	51.1

• Note that Isandra, Lalangina and Vohibato Districts previously formed Fianarantsoa II District (within Haute Matsiatra Region) which has now been split into these three new districts. Another new district was formed by the splitting off of the new Mandoto District from Betafo District (within Vakinankaratra Region).

See also

• Subdivisions of Madagascar
• Provinces of Madagascar
• Regions of Madagascar
• List of cities in Madagascar

Notes and References

1. Institute National de la Statistique, Madagascar.
2. Institute National de la Statistique, Madagascar (for 1 July 2013).
3. Institute National de la Statistique, Madagascar (provisional return).