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Soalala is a rural municipality in western Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Soalala, which is a part of Boeny Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 14,328 in 2022 commune census.

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Vinony's link graph records 71 inbound references to Soalala, and connects out to Boeny, Madagascar and rice.

The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 3 mapped points.

It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in Boeny.

Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Soalala
Settlement.pushpin_map
Madagascar
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Madagascar
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
180
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Boeny
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Soalala
Settlement.population_as_of
2001
Settlement.population_total
15000
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Ethnicities
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Religions
Settlement.timezone
EAT
Settlement.utc_offset
3
Settlement.elevation_m
9
Settlement.postal_code_type
Postal code

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Country
Madagascar
Elevation
9
Time zone
UTC+03:00
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Namoroka Tsingy.jpg
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Soalala
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Soalala is a rural municipality in western Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Soalala, which is a part of Boeny Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 14,328 in 2022 commune census.

Soalala is served by a local airport and maritime harbour. It also has riverine harbour. Primary and junior level secondary education are available in town. The majority 78% of the population of the commune are farmers. The most important crop is rice, while other important products are bananas and cassava. Industry and services provide employment for 5% and 1% of the population, respectively. Additionally fishing employs 16% of the population.

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

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