Ambilobe
Coordinates: 13 ° 12 ′ S , 49 ° 3 ′ E
Ambilobe is a town and administrative center of the district of the same name Ambilobe , part of the Diana region , in the Antsiranana province in northwest Madagascar . The place is on the national road 6 between Ambanja and Antsiranana and on the Mahavavy river . According to an estimate from 2005, the city had 14,425 inhabitants.
Agriculture and food production account for 40% and 35% of employment respectively. The most important crop is sugar cane , and cotton , rice and tomatoes are also grown. Only 13% and 2% of the population are employed in industry and services. In fishing every tenth operates.
There are elementary and secondary schools as well as hospital care.
Ambilobe is a center of the epidemic, rat flea- borne plague in Madagascar . Particularly colorful chameleons like the panther chameleon live in the remains of the jungle.
Albert Zafy , President of Madagascar from 1993 to 1996, was born in Ambilobe.
Ambilobe Airport ( IATA : AMB, ICAO : FMNE) is west of the city on the coastal plain.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.mongabay.com/igapo/2005_world_city_populations/Madagascar.html
- ↑ http://www.ilo.cornell.edu/ilo/data.html
- ↑ 23 deaths from the plague in Madagascar. In: sueddeutsche.de. February 23, 2011, accessed September 1, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.daspantherchamaeleon.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=30
- ↑ http://www.meinchamaeleon.de/webseitenDeutsch/Ambilobe.htm