Menabe
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| HDI (2018) | 0.450[3] low · 17th of 22 |
Menabe is a
History
Menabe is the southern part of the Sakalava territory. Tradition holds that it was founded by
Radama I would conduct three ravaging campaigns in the kingdom of Menabe in 1820, in 1821 and finally in 1822. Finally, Ramitraho king of Menabe at the time, sued for peace by giving his daughter Rasalimo to Radama as his wife. But peace would not follow until Rasalimo offered another peace treaty in 1827. Unfortunately Radama died before negotiations could finish.
Eventually the Merina conquered and subjugated the southern Menabe territories in 1834 right after Ramitraho's death. Constant war would ensue culminating with a Merina victory in 1846. Queen Ranavalona I then garrisoned major Menabe towns and sent farmers to colonize the area. Menabe rulers were allowed to keep their authority but under the local Merina governor. The northern Menabe largely escaped Merina authority and stayed independent despite the fact that they no longer posed any threat to the monarchy in Antananarivo.
During the
Menabe was then incorporated into the province of Toliara under the French colonization which ended in 1960. In 2004 it became a Region.
Geography
The Menabe region is situated between the
Rivers
Tourism
The Avenue of the Baobabs is one of the most visited locations in the region.
Transport
It is connected with the inland by the Route nationale No.35 to Ivato, Route nationale No.34 to Antsirabe and is crossed by the Route nationale No.8 to Bekopaka.
Airports
- Ankavandra Airport
- Belo/Tsiribihina Airport
- Malaimbandy Airport
- Mandabe Airport
- Manja Airport
- Miandrivazo Airport
- Morondava Airport
Protected Areas
- Part of Mangoky Ihotry Wetland Complex
- Ambondrobe New Protected Area
- Avenue of the Baobabs New Protected Area
- Menabe Antimena New Protected Area
- Part of the Ambohijanahary Reserve
- Kirindy Mitea National Park
- Andranomena Reserve
are situated in this region.
Administrative divisions
Menabe Region is divided into five districts, which are sub-divided into 51 communes:[5]
- Belo sur Tsiribihina District- 14 communes
- Mahabo District- 11 communes
- Manja District- 6 communes
- Miandrivazo District- 15 communes
- Morondava District - 5 communes
References
- ^ (in French) www.madagascar-tribune.com: Inauguration de la RN 35 dans la Capitale de la Région Menabe
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ Reyse van het Oostindisch Schip Barneveld 1719.
- ^ Districts of Madagascar Archived 2014-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Among the Menabe; or, Thirteen Months on the West Coast of Madagascar. By George Herbert Smith, S.P.G. Missionary (1896)
- Menabe flag and key dates
- Menabe tourism office
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