Toamasina (Madagascar)
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Sources of Information
- FTM (Institute : Madagascar) Plan au 1:10 000, environs au 1:150 000, Toamasina (Tamatave), 1977.
- BGN gaz., Madagascar, 1989(Toamasina, ppl, 18p0s10ʹS, 49p0s23ʹE, Faritany de Toamasina; see ref. from Tamatave)
- Web. geog.(Tamatave or now usu Toamasina, seaport, E coast of Madagascar)
Wikipedia description:
Toamasina (Malagasy pronunciation: [toˈmasinə̥]), meaning "like salt" or "salty", unofficially and in French Tamatave, is the capital of the Atsinanana region on the east coast of Madagascar on the Indian Ocean. The city is the chief seaport of the country, situated 215 km (134 mi) northeast of its capital and largest city Antananarivo. In 2018 Toamasina had a population of 325,857.
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