Farafangana (city)

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Farafangana
Farafangana (Madagascar)
Farafangana
Farafangana
Coordinates 22 ° 49 ′  S , 47 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 22 ° 49 ′  S , 47 ° 50 ′  E
Basic data
Country Madagascar

province

Fianarantsoa
region Atsimo-Atsinanana
ISO 3166-2 MG-F
District Farafangana
height 10 m
Residents 25,046 (2005)
founding 1897

Farafangana is a city in Madagascar . In 2005, 25,046 people lived there.

geography

Farafangana is located in the Atsimo-Atsinanana region , in the Fianarantsoa province on the east coast of Madagascar. The city is the capital and administrative seat of the region, as well as the district of the same name . The Manombo Nature Reserve is a few kilometers south of the city. The Manampatrana River flows into the Indian Ocean at the northern city limits .

Farafangana is just under 400 km south of the capital Antananarivo .

climate

Farafangana has a tropical rainforest climate (Af). The annual average temperature is 23.4 ° C.

Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Farafangana
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 30.0 30.5 29.9 28.4 27.5 25.2 24.4 24.9 25.6 27.3 27.9 29.1 O 27.5
Min. Temperature (° C) 22.7 23.1 22.1 20.4 18.4 16.3 15.9 15.5 17.1 18.9 20.4 22.1 O 19.4
Temperature (° C) 26.3 26.8 26.0 24.4 22.9 20.7 20.1 20.2 21.3 23.1 24.1 25.6 O 23.4
Precipitation ( mm ) 330 312 334 239 213 147 152 116 78 125 135 240 Σ 2,421
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Economy and Infrastructure

Almost 80% of the population live from agriculture, the most important goods being coffee, rice and pepper. 5% live from fishing and 15% work in the service sector.

traffic

Farafangana has a north-south road connection to Vangaindrano and Manakara with Route nationale 12 . The Route nationale 27 leads from Farafangana inland to Ihosy . The village has an airport . The Canal des Pangalanes runs north from the city via Manakara to Toamasina .

religion

The city is the seat of the Farafangana diocese .

Web links

Commons : Farafangana  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2005 population estimates for cities in Madagascar. mongabay.com, accessed October 2, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Climate & Weather in Farafangana. climate-data.org, accessed on October 1, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Census 2001. (Excel) Cornell University , December 31, 2001, accessed October 3, 2017 (French, 2.4 MB).