Antalaha District is a district in northeastern Madagascar. The district contains the Masoala Peninsula, and is limited by Antongil Bay in south-west and the Indian Ocean on east. It is a part of Sava Region and borders the districts of Sambava into the north, Andapa to the north-west and Maroantsetra to the west. The area is and the population was estimated to be 222,203 in 2009 and 282,921 in 2018. At the time of the last Madagascar census in 1993 149,684 inhabitants lived in this district.INSTAT/ Madagascar BNGRC (National Disaster Management Agency ) 2009 population data with population grown rate estimations for 2010 to 2018 from the BNGRC (Population grown rates applied respectively per year of 2.76, 2.75, 2.74, 2.72, 2.71 and 2.7 for 2015 to 2018). Population data obtained from the BNGRC in August 2018 (estimations only as the last census was undertaken in 1993, however Census 2018 is currently underway), checked on November 10, 2018.
The main town and district capital is Antalaha
Communes The district is divided into 16 communes (from north to south) with population data based on projections for 2018:
Ambalabe - 16,988 inhabitants Ambinanifaho - 13,307 inhabitants Ambohitralanana - 16,853 inhabitants Ampahana - 24,732 inhabitants Ampanavoana - 13,556 inhabitants Ampohibe - 27,050 inhabitants Andampy - 7,399 inhabitants Antalaha - 44,556 inhabitants Antananambo - 17,091 inhabitants Antombana - 20,659 inhabitants Antsahanoro - 15,847 inhabitants Antsambalahy - 10,946 inhabitants Lanjarivo - 18,861 inhabitants Marofinaritra - 16,930 inhabitants Sarahandrano - 7,097 inhabitants Vinanivao - 11,049 inhabitants Total - 282,921 inhabitants
Infrastructures The National road 5a connects the town with Sambava (81 km) and Ambilobe in the North. Antalaha has a maritime harbour. The local airport is situated at 12 km west of Antalaha.
National Parks The Masoala National Park.
Rivers The Ambinany river, Ankavanana, Onive (nord) and Ankavia.
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