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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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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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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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