Tsiombe

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Tsiombe
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Tsihombe
Location in Madagascar
Coordinates: 25°18′S45°29′E / 25.300°S 45.483°E / -25.300; 45.483
CountryFlag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
Region Androy
District Tsihombe
Elevation
[1]
150 m (490 ft)
Time zone UTC3 (EAT)
Postal code
621

Tsiombe is a municipality and a district of Androy in Madagascar. [2] [3]

Geography

This district is crossed by the Route nationale 10 and the Manambovo river. Tsihome is located at 65 km west of Ambovombe and 45 km East of Beloha. [4]

The district of Tsihombe includes the Cape Sainte Marie, the southernmost point of Madagascar. At Cape Sainte Marie there is also a wildlife reserve.

This is the semi-arid region of Madagascar and the population uses to eat cactus fruit and crickets to survive. [5] [6] [7]

A water-pipeline of 225 km is presently under construction if the tubes will not be embezzled. [8]

25°18′S45°29′E / 25.300°S 45.483°E / -25.300; 45.483

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References

  1. ↑ Estimated based on DEM data from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
  2. ↑ REPOBLIKAN’I MADAGASIKARA:Tanindrazana – Fahafahana – Fandrosoana (PDF). MINISTERE DE L’AGRICULTURE, DE L’ELEVAGE ET DE LA PECHE. October 2007. pp. 42–44.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  3. ↑ "Madagascar: Administrative Division". citypopulation. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  4. ↑ DIFFICULTES ALIMENTAIRES DANS LES DISTRICTS DE BELOHA ET DE TSIHOMBE.
  5. ↑ Crickets to the rescue
  6. ↑ Shield-backed katydids in Madagascar with the description of a new genus and three new species (Orthoptera: Ensifera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae: Arytropteridini)
  7. ↑ Cricket Powder Provides Valuable Nutrients for Vulnerable Populations
  8. ↑ www.presidence.gov.mg


  1. ↑ antanimora-sud-demande un district
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