Menabe
Region in Madagascar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Menabe is a region in western Madagascar, with its capital at Morondava. It covers an area of 46,121 square kilometres (17,807 square miles), and its population was 700,577 in 2018.[2] 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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Menabe | |
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Region | |
Country | Madagascar |
Capital | Morondava |
Government | |
• Chief of the region | Romain Gilbert[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 46,121 km2 (17,807 sq mi) |
Population (2018)[2] | |
• Total | 700,577 |
• Density | 15/km2 (39/sq mi) |
• Ethnicities | Sakalava |
Time zone | UTC3 (EAT) |
HDI (2018) | 0.450[3] low · 17th of 22 |
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