Antalaha District

Antalaha District is a district in northeastern Madagascar. The district contains the Masoala peninsula, and is limited by Antongil Bay in south-west and Indian Ocean on east. It is a part of Sava Region and borders the districts of Sambava into the north, Andapa to the north-west and Maroantsetra to the west. The area is 6,795 km2 (2,624 sq mi) and the population was estimated to be 222,203 in 2009 and 282,921 in 2018. At the time of the last Madagascar census in 1993 149,684 inhabitants lived in this district.[1] The main town and district capital is Antalaha

Not to be confused with Antalaha, the Malagasy commune with same name.
Antalaha District
District
Location in Madagascar
Coordinates: 14°53′S 50°17′E
CountryMadagascar
RegionSava
Area
 • Total6,795 km2 (2,624 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total282,921
 • Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
 • Ethnicities
Betsimisaraka
Time zoneUTC3 (EAT)

The district is divided into 16 communes (from north to south) with population data based on projections for 2018:

CommunesPopulation in 2018 (est.)
Lanjarivo18,861
Ambinanifaho13,307
Antsambalahy10,946
Ampahana24,732
Sarahandrano7,097
Antsahanoro15,847
Antalaha44,556
Antananambo17,091
Andampy7,399
Antombana20,659
Marofinaritra16,930
Ampohibe27,050
Ambalabe16,988
Ambohitralanana16,853
Ampanavoana13,556
Vinanivao11,049
16 communes282,921

References and notes
  1. INSTAT/ Madagascar BNGRC (National Disaster Management Agency ) 2009 population data with population grown rate estimations for 2010 to 2018 from the BNGRC (Population grown rates applied respectively per year of 2.76 , 2.75 , 2.74, 2.72 , 2.71 and 2.7 for 2015 to 2018). Population data obtained from the BNGRC in August 2018 (estimations only as the last census was undertaken in 1993, however Census 2018 is currently underway), checked on November 10, 2018.


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