Regions of Madagascar

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Regions of Madagascar

Madagascar is divided into 23 regions (faritra). These formerly second-tier administrative divisions became first-level administrative divisions when the former six provinces were dissolved on 4 October 2009.

Contents

Number
on map		Region's nameArea
(km2)		Population
(2018 Census) [1] 		Population
density
per km2		CapitalFormer
province
1 Diana 19,266889,73636.3 Antsiranana Antsiranana
2 Sava 25,5181,123,01338.4 Sambava Antsiranana
3 Itasy 6,993897,962104.8 Miarinarivo Antananarivo
4 Analamanga 16,9113,618,128198.0 Antananarivo Antananarivo
5 Vakinankaratra 16,5992,074,358108.6 Antsirabe Antananarivo
6 Bongolava 16,688674,47427.4 Tsiroanomandidy Antananarivo
7 Sofia 50,1001,500,22724.9 Antsohihy Mahajanga
8 Boeny 31,046931,17125.8 Mahajanga Mahajanga
9 Betsiboka 30,025394,5619.8 Maevatanana Mahajanga
10 Melaky 38,852309,8057.5 Maintirano Mahajanga
11 Alaotra-Mangoro 31,9481,255,51432.1 Ambatondrazaka Toamasina
12 Atsinanana 21,9341,484,40357.9 Toamasina Toamasina
13 Analanjirofo 21,9301,152,34547.2 Fenoarivo Atsinanana Toamasina
14 Amoron'i Mania 16,141833,91944.3 Ambositra Fianarantsoa
15 Matsiatra Ambony 21,0801,447,29656.9 Fianarantsoa Fianarantsoa
16 Vatovavy 12,775705,67572.2 Mananjary Fianarantsoa
17 Atsimo-Atsinanana 18,8631,026,67447.6 Farafangana Fianarantsoa
18 Ihorombe 26,391418,52011.8 Ihosy Fianarantsoa
19 Menabe 46,121700,57712.8 Morondava Toliara
20 Atsimo-Andrefana 66,2361,799,08819.9 Toliara Toliara
21 Androy 19,317903,37638.0 Ambovombe-Androy Toliara
22 Anosy 25,731809,31326.1 Tôlanaro Toliara
23 Fitovinany 19,6051,435,88272.2 Manakara Fianarantsoa

Elections

The last elections for the regional councils were held on 16 March 2008.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Troisieme Recensement General de la Population et de L'Habitation (RGPH-3) Resultats Provisoires" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique Madagascar. Retrieved May 23, 2020.

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