Amboronabo

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Amboronabo
Amboronabo (Madagascar)
Amboronabo
Amboronabo
Coordinates 22 ° 39 ′  S , 44 ° 24 ′  E Coordinates: 22 ° 39 ′  S , 44 ° 24 ′  E
Basic data
Country Madagascar

province

Toliara
region Atsimo-Andrefana
District Sakaraha (District)
surface 150 km²
Residents 73,000 (2006)
density 486.7  Ew. / km²

Amboronabo is a municipality in southern Madagascar . It is administratively subordinate to the Sakaraha district , which in turn belongs to the Atsimo-Andrefana region. At the beginning of the 20th century, Amboronabo was the place of work for Norwegian missionaries , including Olaf Nome . In 2006, about 73,000 inhabitants settled on the 900 square kilometer municipal area, spread over 11 villages and mainly belonging to the Bara ethnic group . The community lives mainly from the cultivation of rice , corn , cassava and, to a lesser extent, peanuts . In addition, many people are engaged in the manufacture of charcoal ; cattle breeding is poorly developed. The security situation in Amboronabo is sometimes tense.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Jean-Michel Lebigre: Petite du encyclopédie Grand Sud de Madagascar . Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux / LGPA-éditions, Pessac 2016, ISBN 979-1-03000030-6 , p. 21 .