Manakara

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Manakara
Rail-run-way crossing
Manakara Location in Madagascar
Coordinates: 22°09′0″S 48°00′0″E / 22.15000°S 48.00000°E / -22.15000; 48.00000
Country	Madagascar
Region	Fitovinany
District	Manakara
Area
• Total	29.1 km2 (11.2 sq mi)
Population  (2018 census)
• Total	44,237
• Density	1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Postal code	316

Manakara is a city in Madagascar.

It is the capital Fitovinany Region and of the district of Manakara Atsimo.

The city is located at the east coast near the mouth of the and has a small port. The bridge over the that connected the northern and southern parts of the city partly collapsed in September 2012.^[1]

It is the endpoint of the Fianarantsoa-Côte Est railway (FCE), which connects the city of Fianarantsoa with the sea. For those interested in traveling to Manakara via the railway, please be advised the train can take over 12 hours at times. It usually leaves Fianarantsoa at 7 in the morning, and is supposed to reach Manakara by 4 pm, but there have been incidences of it not reaching Manakara until much later. If one needs to return to the capital from Manankara and time is an issue, take a plane or a taxi-brousse (Taxi-Bus). There is also an airport and a national road along the coastline. Manakara Airport is one of the few places where a railway crosses a runway.

Its temperature on average is 27 degrees Celsius, the high is 32 and low is 10.

Education[]

French international schools:

• École primaire française Les Pangalanes^[2]

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Coordinates: 22°09′S 48°00′E / 22.150°S 48.000°E / -22.150; 48.000

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