Vatovavy Explained

Official Name:	Vatovavy
Settlement Type:	Region
Mapsize:	180px
Subdivision Type:	Country
Seat Type:	Capital
Seat:	Mananjary
Government Footnotes:	^[1]
Leader Title:	Gouverneur
Leader Name:	Lucien Randriarison
Established Title:	Creation
Established Date:	16.06.2021
Population As Of:	2018
Population Footnotes:	^[2]
Population Total:	705,675
Population Density Km2:	auto
Population Blank1 Title:	Ethnicities
Timezone:	EAT
Utc Offset:	3

Vatovavy is a region of Madagascar. Its capital is Mananjary. It was created by dividing the former region of Vatovavy-Fitovinany on 16 June 2021.^[3]

Cyclone Batsirai made landfall at Mananjary in 2022, leaving 90 percent of the city destroyed.^[4]

Administrative divisions

Vatovavy Region is divided into three districts, which are sub-divided into 58 communes.

Ifanadiana District - 14 communes
Mananjary District - 25 communes
Nosy Varika District - 19 communes

Transportation

Train - 180 km (from Fianarantsoa)
Car Taxi-Brousse
One airport: Mananjary Airport

Bodies of water

the Namorona River
the Mananjary River
the Sakaleona River and the Sakaleona Falls, the highest waterfall in Madagascar (200m)

Protected areas

Part of Ranomafana National Park

Notes and References

http://www.midi-madagasikara.mg/politique/2021/10/07/andry-rajoelina-a-mananjary-officialisation-de-la-region-vatovavy-et-presentation-du-gouverneur-lucien-randriarison-ce-jour/ midi-madagasikara.mg
Web site: Troisieme Recensement General de la Population et de L'Habitation (RGPH-3) Resultats Provisoires. Institut National de la Statistique Madagascar. May 23, 2020.
https://lexpress.mg/30/10/2020/decoupage-territorial-vatovavy-fete-la-23eme-region/ Découpage Territorial - L'Express.mg
https://lexpress.mg/02/03/2022/degats-de-batsirai-larc-indemnise-letat/ l'Express de Madagascar