Morombe (district)
a Didierea in Andombiry, Morombe
a Didierea in Andombiry, Morombe
Morombe (district) is located in Madagascar
Morombe (district)
Morombe (district)
Location in Madagascar
Coordinates: 21°45′S 43°22′E / 21.750°S 43.367°E / -21.750; 43.367
Country Madagascar
RegionAtsimo-Andrefana
DistrictMorombe
Area
 • Total7,784 km2 (3,005 sq mi)
Elevation
7 m (23 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total231,431
 • Density30/km2 (77/sq mi)
 • Ethnicities
Vezo
Time zoneUTC3 (EAT)
Postal code
618

Morombe is a district of Atsimo-Andrefana in Madagascar.[1][2] It can be reached by the National road 55 or pirogue from Morondava. It is situated at 283 km from Tulear.[3] The district has an area of 7,784 km2 (3,005 sq mi), and the estimated population in 2020 was 231,431.[4]

An airport serves the town.

Television

For 17 years now there is no television available in Morombe. At the time the transmitter broke down, the director took it to Tulear and later to Antananarivo but it was never returned.[5]

Municipalities

The district is further divided into eight municipalities:

Baobab d'Andombiry

Three Brothers Baobab in Andombiry, Morombe

The largest baobab in this world is found in the village of Belintsaka, 23 km from Morombe. It has a circumference of almost 28m. There are more than 6000 adult baobabs alone in the forest of Andombiry of which 30 specimen are very large, with a circumference of more than 20m.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ REPOBLIKAN’I MADAGASIKARA:Tanindrazana – Fahafahana – Fandrosoana (PDF). MINISTERE DE L’AGRICULTURE, DE L’ELEVAGE ET DE LA PECHE. October 2007. pp. 42–44. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  2. ↑ "Madagascar: Administrative Division". citypopulation. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Contextualisation sociale et Energie renouvelable, cas de la commune urbaine de Morombe
  4. ↑ "Morombe (District, Madagascar) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  5. ↑ Communication: Morombe prié de RNM depuis 17 ans
  6. ↑ Monumental Trees.com


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