Menabe
Sign in to saveMenabe is a region in western Madagascar, with its capital at Morondava. It covers an area of , and its population was 700,577 in 2018. The population mostly belongs to the Sakalava ethnic group. The region is named after the 18th-century Sakalava Kingdom of Menabe (16th–18th centuries). The name "Menabe", in turn, means "big red", after the color of laterite rock that dominates the landscape.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Menabe
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Region
- Settlement.image_map
- Madagascar-Menabe-2023.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 180px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Madagascar
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.seat_type
- Capital
- Settlement.seat
- Morondava
- Settlement.leader_title
- Chief
- Settlement.leader_name
- Romain Gilbert
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 46121
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2018
- Settlement.population_total
- 700577
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank1
- Sakalava
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
- Settlement.timezone
- EAT
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- Area
- 46121
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Menabe is a region in western Madagascar, with its capital at Morondava. It covers an area of , and its population was 700,577 in 2018. The population mostly belongs to the Sakalava ethnic group. The region is named after the 18th-century Sakalava Kingdom of Menabe (16th–18th centuries). The name "Menabe", in turn, means "big red", after the color of laterite rock that dominates the landscape.
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