- Source: Sava Region
Sava is a region in northern Madagascar. Its capital is Sambava. Until 2009 Sava belonged to Antsiranana Province. The region is situated at the northern part of the east coast of Madagascar. It is bordered by the region Diana to the north, Sofia to the west, and Analanjirofo to the south. As of 2018, its population was 1,123,013 and the total area is 25,518 km2 (9,853 sq mi). The region contains wild areas such as Marojejy National Park.
The name of the region is composed of the initial letters of its four principal towns: Sambava, Antalaha, Iharana (Vohimaro), and Andapa. Each of these towns claims itself the World Capital of Vanilla, a spice of which the region is the largest producer of in the world (especially the highly sought Bourbon vanilla variety).
The economic importance of vanilla cultivation in the Sava Region encouraged the reconstruction of the road that connects the towns, called the Route de la vanille (The Vanilla Route), in the latter half of 2005. However, due to the volatile fluctuations in the price of vanilla, in turn often caused by the dramatic cyclones occurring in the southwestern Indian Ocean, many poor vanilla farmers in the Sava Region have periodically been forced to resort to the mostly illegal logging of ebony, palisander, and rosewood.
Geography
= Administrative divisions
=Sava Region is divided into four districts, which are subdivided into 75 communes:
Andapa District - 17 communes
Antalaha District - 14 communes
Sambava District - 25 communes
Vohemar District (Iharana District) - 19 communes
= Ports
=There are regional ports in Vohemar and Antsalaha.
= Protected areas
=Loky Manambato New Protected Area (near Daraina)
Makirovana Tsihomanaomby New Protected Area
Marojejy National Park
Part of Masoala National Park
Anjanaharibe-Sud Reserve
Part of Makira Natural Park
Part of COMATSA Avaratra New Protected Area
Part of COMATSA Atsimo New Protected Area
Macolline Park (private)
= Rivers
=The main rivers of the Sava Region are (north to south):
Loky River (on the border to Diana Region)
Manambato River
Manambaty River
Fanambana River
Bemarivo River
Androranga River
Lokoho River
Onive River
Ankavanana
Transport
= Airports
=Andapa Airport
Antalaha Airport
Doany Airport
Sambava Airport
Iharana Airport
= Roads
=This region is crossed by 454 km of national roads:
National road 5a from North to South (Daraina, Vohemar, Sambava, Antalaha)
National road 3b from Sambava to Andapa (97km)
National road 53 from Antalaha to the Antsirabato Airport (12 km)
National road 59a - from RN 5a to Vohemar (3km)
furthermore by 520 km provincial roads (RIP) and 230 km of roads without a classification.
References
EDBM
External links
Sava Region – official site
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Region Sava
- Region Diana
- Region di Madagaskar
- Beograd
- Daftar Situs Warisan Dunia di Madagaskar
- Pembagian administratif Madagaskar
- Region Ujung Utara, Kamerun
- Ada Međica
- Vohemar
- Analanjirofo
- Sava Region
- Sava
- Sava (disambiguation)
- Slovenian wine
- Central Sava Statistical Region
- Lower Sava Statistical Region
- Saint Sava
- Madagascar ericoid thickets
- Sava Savanović
- Duchy of Saint Sava
