Masoarivo (Menabe)

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Masoarivo
Masoarivo (Madagascar)
Masoarivo
Masoarivo
Coordinates 19 ° 39 ′  S , 44 ° 44 ′  E Coordinates: 19 ° 39 ′  S , 44 ° 44 ′  E
Basic data
Country Madagascar

province

Toliara
region Menabe
District Belo sur Tsiribihina
height 25 m
Residents 2797 (2001)

Masoarivo is a place in Madagascar .

Masoarivo, with a population of around 2,800 (as of 2001), is 9 m above sea level in the Menabe region , in the former province of Toliara , in western Madagascar.

The inhabitants, who belong to the Sakalava people , make up 50% of the agriculture and mainly grow rice, beans and chickpeas. 15% earn their living with cattle breeding and 30% with fishing.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Census 2001. (Excel) Cornell University , December 31, 2001, accessed September 26, 2017 (French, 2.4 MB).