Andevoranto

Andevoranto
Andevoranto

Location in Madagascar

Coordinates: 18°57′16″S 49°6′34″E / 18.95444°S 49.10944°E / -18.95444; 49.10944
Country  Madagascar
Region Atsinanana
District Brickaville District
Population (2001)
 • Total 12,000[1]
Time zone EAT (UTC3)

Andevoranto [vatʷˈmanɖʐʲ] is a village and commune in the Brickaville District, Atsinanana Region, Madagascar.

It is located near the coast and near the mouth of the Rianila River.[2]

During the French colonial rule of the island, Andrevoranto was the capital of Andevoranto Province, and sources also described it as a former capital of the Betsimisaraka people in the region.[3][4][5] The town was at that point also the junction of a number of important roads, including the key road from the coast to the capital, Antananarivo.[6] Today, the key route of Route nationale 2 from the capital is located west of Andevoranto.

References

  1. ↑ 2001 Ilo Census Data, Cornell University
  2. ↑ Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean, p. 123 (1891) (historical description of town)
  3. ↑ EVOLUTION DU DECOUPAGE ADMINISTRATIF (see 1908 map), Retrieved February 22, 2013
  4. ↑ Halcombe, J.J. (ed.) Mission Life, Vol. 8 Part 1, p. 32 (1877)
  5. ↑ Little, William Henry. Madagascar: its history and people, p. viii (1884) ("the interesting and important town of Andevoranto--the ancient capital of the once independent and powerful Betsimisaraka tribe.")
  6. ↑ Report by Acting Consul Whitney, of Madagascar (1884)
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