Betania, Madagascar

Betania is coastal village in Western Madagascar south of Morondava with a population of around 2400 Vezo fishermen.[1] This village belongs to the municipality of Morondava and is situated on the southern side of the mouth of the Morondava River.

Betania
Betania (Morondava)
village
Betania
Betania
Betania (Morondava) is located in Madagascar
Betania (Morondava)
Betania (Morondava)
Coordinates: 20°19′13″S 44°16′3″E
Country Madagascar
RegionMenabe
MunicipalityMorondava
Elevation
coastal
8 m (26 ft)
Population
 (2)
 • Total2,400
postal code
619
Area code95

Notes
  1. Astuti

References
  • Rita Astuti (1985). "The Vezo Are Not a Kind of People": Identity, Difference, and "Ethnicity" among a Fishing People of Western Madagascar". American Ethnologist. 22 (3): 464–482. doi:10.1525/ae.1995.22.3.02a00010. ISSN 0094-0496.
  • Rita Astuti. "Culture and the Mind / Fieldsite in Western Madagascar". Sheffield University. Retrieved 2007-10-30.

23°21′S 43°42′E

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