Antalaha District

Antalaha District is a district in northeastern Madagascar. The district contains the Masoala peninsula, and is limited by Antongil Bay in south-west and 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 6,795 km² (2,624 sq mi) 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[1]. The main town and district capital is Antalaha

Not to be confused with Antalaha, the Malagasy commune with same name.

Antalaha District
District
Location in Madagascar
Coordinates: 14°53′S 50°17′E
Country	Madagascar
Region	Sava
Area
• Total	6,795 km^2 (2,624 sq mi)
Population  (2018)
• Total	282,921
• Density	42/km^2 (110/sq mi)
• Ethnicities	Betsimisaraka
Time zone	UTC3 (EAT)

The district is divided into 16 communes (from north to south) with population data based on projections for 2018:

Communes	Population in 2018 (est.)
Lanjarivo	18,861
Ambinanifaho	13,307
Antsambalahy	10,946
Ampahana	24,732
Sarahandrano	7,097
Antsahanoro	15,847
Antalaha	44,556
Antananambo	17,091
Andampy	7,399
Antombana	20,659
Marofinaritra	16,930
Ampohibe	27,050
Ambalabe	16,988
Ambohitralanana	16,853
Ampanavoana	13,556
Vinanivao	11,049
16 communes	282,921

References and notes

1. 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.