Manakara

Manakara
Rail-run-way crossing
Manakara Location in Madagascar
Coordinates: 22°09′0″S48°00′0″E / 22.15000°S 48.00000°E / -22.15000; 48.00000
Country	Madagascar
Region	Fitovinany
District	Manakara
Area
• Total	29.1 km2 (11.2 sq mi)
Population  (2018 census)
• Total	44,237
• Density	1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Postal code	316

Manakara - collapsed bridge over Manakara river

Manakara is a city in Madagascar. It is the capital of the Fitovinany Region and of the district of Manakara Atsimo. The city is located at the east coast near the mouth of the Manakara River and has a small port. Its temperature on average is 27 degrees Celsius, the high is 32 and low is 10.

Infrastructure

Railroad

Manakara is the endpoint of the Fianarantsoa-Côte Est railway (FCE), which connects the city of Fianarantsoa with the sea.

Roads

The National road 12, from Irondro (North, 118km, intersection with RN 25) - Manakara to Farafangana (224 km, south) and Vangaindrano (299 km).

The bridge over the Manakara River that connected the northern and southern parts of the city partially collapsed in September 2012. ^[1]

Airport

Manakara Airport is one of the few places where a railway crosses a runway. There are no commercial flights to Manakara.

Education

French international schools:

• École primaire française Les Pangalanes ^[2]

Twin cities

• Parthenay (France)

References

1. (in French) - www.madagate.com Manakara: Inconvénients d’un pont impraticable Archived 2013-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
2. "École primaire française Les Pangalanes." AEFE. Retrieved on May 7, 2015.

External links

22°09′S48°00′E / 22.150°S 48.000°E / -22.150; 48.000