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Andevoranto Andovoranto
Andevoranto
AndevorantoLocation 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	Vohibinany (district)
Government
• Mayor	Maxime Laro
Area
• Total	325 km (125 sq mi)
Population
• Total	10,723
Time zone	UTC3 (EAT)
Postal code	508

Andevoranto [andevʷˈrantʷ] is a rural municipality in the Brickaville District, Atsinanana Region, Madagascar.

It is located near the coast and near the mouth of the Rianila River at a distance of 20 km from Brickaville.

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. 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. Today, the key route of Route nationale 2 from the capital is located west of Andevoranto.

Railroad

There is a train station at Ambila-Lemaitso (Train DIA SOA) on the line from Toamasina-Antananarivo.

Geography

It is situated 20 km South of Brickaville and 100 km from Toamasina.

Bodies of Waters

The Canal des Pangalanes follows the coastline a few hundred meters distance from North to South. This is a channel that connects the lakes of the region, as the Anjamborona Lake that is the largest in the municipality.

Fokontany

12 Fokontany (villages) are part of this municipality: Andovoranto, Ambatobe, Ianakonitra, Andavakimena, Sondrara, Manakambahiny, Ambodivoara, Vohitrampasina, Vavony, Ambila Lemaitso, Manaratsandry and Manerinerina.

Nature

• The Vohibola Reserve that also is found the smallest frog on earth, Stumpffia pygmaea and Stumpffia vohibolensis but also the smallest cameleon Brookesia minima of this planet and Calumma vohibola, another species of cameleons.

Personalities

• Henri de Solages

References

1. PCD Andevoranto
2. Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean, p. 123 (1891) (historical description of town)
3. PLAN COMMUNAL DE DEVELOPPEMENT (PCD) DE LA COMMUNE RURALE D’ANDOVORANTO 2017-2021
4. EVOLUTION DU DECOUPAGE ADMINISTRATIF (see 1908 map), Retrieved February 22, 2013
5. Halcombe, J.J. (ed.) Mission Life, Vol. 8 Part 1, p. 32 (1877)
6. 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.")
7. Report by Acting Consul Whitney, of Madagascar (1884)
8. L'Express.mg: Trafics & deforestation
9. Le Mondes: Sauver la Foret de Vohibola

v t e Communes in the Atsinanana Region of the Republic of Madagascar
Capital: Toamasina
Antanambao Manampotsy - 507	Antanambao Manampotsy Antanandehibe Mahela Manaratsandry Manakana Saivaza
Mahanoro - 510	Ambinanidilana Ambinanindrano Ambodibonara Ambodiharina Andranambomaro Ankazotsifantatra Befotaka Betsizaraina Mahanoro Manjakandriana Masomeloka Tsaravinany
Marolambo - 513	Ambalapaiso II Amboasary Ambodinonoka Ambohimilanja Ambatofisaka II Andonabe Sud Androrangavola Anosiarivo Betampona, Marolambo Lohavanana Marolambo Sahakevo
Toamasina I - 501	Toamasina
Toamasina II - 502	Ambodilazana Ambodiriana Amboditandroho Ampasibe Onibe Ampasimadinika Andondabe Andranobolaha Antenina Antetezambaro Fanandrana Mahavelona (Foulpointe) Ifito Mangabe Sahambala Toamasina suburbaine
Vatomandry - 517	Ambalavolo Amboditavolo Ambodivoananto Ambodinonoka Rangalana Ampasimadinika Antanambao Mahatsara Ifasina I Ifasina II Ifasina III Ilaka Est Maintinandry Niarovana Caroline Nierenana Sahamatevina Tanambao Vahatrakaka Tsivangiana Vatomandry
Vohabinany (Brickaville) - 508	Ambalarondra Ambinaninony Ambohimanana Ampasimbe Andekaleka Andevoranto Anivorano Est Anjahamana Brickaville (Vohibinany) Fanasana Fetraomby Lohariandava Mahatsara Maroseranana Ranomafana Est Razanaka Vohitranivona
7 districts; 75 communes

• Populated places in Atsinanana