Beroroha
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| Coordinates | 21 ° 41 ′ S , 45 ° 10 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Madagascar | ||
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| region | Atsimo-Andrefana | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | MG-U | ||
| District | Beroroha | ||
| Residents | 20,000 (2010) | ||
Beroroha is a municipality ( commune ) in the Atsimo-Andrefana region in southern Madagascar . In 2010 it had about 20,000 inhabitants and is the center of a district of the same name .
Beroroha is located south of the Makay Mountains on the north bank of the Mangoky River . In the interwar period, Beroroha was an important area for tobacco cultivation, with the yields from cultivation being transported on the river. In 1948 a parish was established by the missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette . The community is the location of an airport with a 950 meter long runway. It is the end of the national road 15 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Jean-Michel Lebigre: Petite encyclopédie du Grand Sud de Madagascar . Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux / LGPA-éditions, Pessac 2016, ISBN 979-1-03000030-6 , p. 49 .