Regions of Madagascar

Madagascar is divided into 22 regions (faritra). These formerly second-tier administrative divisions became first-level administrative divisions when the former six provinces were dissolved on 4 October 2009.

Number
on map		 Region's name Area
(km2)		 Population
(2018 Census)[1]		 Population
density
per km2		 Capital Former
province
1Diana19,266889,73636.3AntsirananaAntsiranana
2Sava25,5181,123,01338.4SambavaAntsiranana
3Itasy6,993897,962104.8MiarinarivoAntananarivo
4Analamanga16,9113,618,128198.0AntananarivoAntananarivo
5Vakinankaratra16,5992,074,358108.6AntsirabeAntananarivo
6Bongolava16,688674,47427.4TsiroanomandidyAntananarivo
7Sofia50,1001,500,22724.9AntsohihyMahajanga
8Boeny31,046931,17125.8MahajangaMahajanga
9Betsiboka30,025394,5619.8MaevatananaMahajanga
10Melaky38,852309,8057.5MaintiranoMahajanga
11Alaotra-Mangoro31,9481,255,51432.1AmbatondrazakaToamasina
12Atsinanana21,9341,484,40357.9ToamasinaToamasina
13Analanjirofo21,9301,152,34547.2Fenoarivo AtsinananaToamasina
14Amoron'i Mania16,141833,91944.3AmbositraFianarantsoa
15Matsiatra Ambony21,0801,447,29656.9FianarantsoaFianarantsoa
16aFitovinany19,6051,435,88272.2ManakaraFianarantsoa
16bVatovavy705,67572.2MananjaryFianarantsoa
17Atsimo-Atsinanana18,8631,026,67447.6FarafanganaFianarantsoa
18Ihorombe26,391418,52011.8IhosyFianarantsoa
19Menabe46,121700,57712.8MorondavaToliara
20Atsimo-Andrefana66,2361,799,08819.9ToliaraToliara
21Androy19,317903,37638.0Ambovombe-AndroyToliara
22Anosy25,731809,31326.1TôlanaroToliara
Politics of Madagascar
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    Minister: Yvette Sylla
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Elections

Elections for the regional councils were held on 16 March 2008.

See also

References
  1. "Troisieme Recensement General de la Population et de L'Habitation (RGPH-3) Resultats Provisoires" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique Madagascar. Retrieved May 23, 2020.

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