Ejeda
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| Coordinates | 24 ° 21 ′ S , 44 ° 31 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Madagascar | ||
| Toliara | |||
| region | Atsimo-Andrefana | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | MG-U | ||
| District | Ampanihy (District) | ||
| Residents | 50,000 (2006) | ||
Ejeda (from French: adjutant ) is a municipality ( commune ) in the Atsimo-Andrefana region in southern Madagascar . In 2006 it had about 50,000 inhabitants who lived in 49 villages ( Fokontany ) on about 1830 km². Ejeda is located southeast of the city of Toliara on the RN10 national road and the Linta River .
The population of Ejeda consists largely of Mahafaly and a minority of Tandroy . They live mainly from cattle breeding, the cultivation of cassava , corn , sweet potatoes , peanuts , cowpeas , lentils and Bambara peanuts . In the surrounding area are gold and rubies mined. The city has a secondary school and a well-equipped, church-run hospital founded in 1966.
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. 74 .