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Maintirano

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Maintirano is a coastal city, urban municipality, and Catholic bishopric in western Madagascar approximately 325 kilometres west of the capital Antananarivo. It belongs to the district of Maintirano, which is a part of Melaky Region – and is capital of both.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Maintirano
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Le port de Maintirano.JPG
Settlement.image_caption
Port of Maintirano
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Armoirie CUM.jpg
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100px
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Madagascar
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bottom
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Location in Madagascar
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180
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
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Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Melaky
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District
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Maintirano
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Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Tsilavo Todisoa
Settlement.area_total_km2
146
Settlement.population_as_of
2018

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  • Protected areas
  • Religion
  • Climate
  • References

Maintirano is a coastal city, urban municipality, and Catholic bishopric in western Madagascar approximately 325 kilometres west of the capital Antananarivo. It belongs to the district of Maintirano, which is a part of Melaky Region – and is capital of both.

The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 25,788 in 2018. The city is inhabited mainly by the Sakalava tribe.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maintirano” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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