Moramanga District

Place in Alaotra-Mangoro, Madagascar

18°56′49″S 48°13′49″E / 18.94694°S 48.23028°E / -18.94694; 48.23028Country

MadagascarRegionAlaotra-MangoroDistrictMoramangaArea

• Land9,396 km² (3,628 sq mi)Elevation

980 m (3,220 ft)Population

(2018)

• Total350,724ClimateCwa

Moramanga District is a district in the Alaotra-Mangoro region in Madagascar. Its capital is Moramanga.

It is situated between the capital Antananarivo and the east coast on the crossroad of RN 2 and RN 44. The name of Moranmanga originates from the slave trade. To differ them from other social classes, they were dressed in blue or manga. As they were among the cheapest (mora) in Africa, it became Moramanga.^[1]

People

Moramanga is also the capital city of the Bezanozano people (one of the eighteen Ethnic groups of Madagascar).

Communes

The district is further divided into 22 communes:

Ambatovola
Amboasary Gara
Ambohidronono
Ampasipotsy Gare
Ampasipotsy Mandialaza
Andaingo
Andasibe
Anosibe Ifody
Antanandava
Antaniditra
Beforona
Belavabary
Beparasy
Fierenana
Lakato
Mandialaza
Moramanga
Moramanga Suburbaine
Morarano Gare
Sabotsy Anjiro
Vodiriana

Transports

The national road RN 2 connects the city with Antananarivo (115 km) and Toamasina (254 km), the Route nationale 44 to Ambatondrazaka (157 km), Imerimandroso and Amboavory.

The city is at the TCE (Tananarive-Côte Est) and the south end of the MLA (Moramanga-Lac Alaotra) railways, so it's the only railway junction in Madagascar (except for the capital).