Andevoranto
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Andevoranto {{IPA|mg|andevʷˈrantʷ|}} is a rural municipality in the Brickaville District, Atsinanana Region, Madagascar.
It is located near the coast and near the mouth of the Rianila River[https://books.google.com/books?id=-NmhAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA123 Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean], p. 123 (1891) (historical description of town) at a distance of 20 km from Brickaville.[https://fdl.mg/sites/default/myfiles/PCD/PCD/PCD%20ANDOVORANTO/PCD%20Andovoranto.pdf PLAN COMMUNAL DE DEVELOPPEMENT (PCD) DE LA COMMUNE RURALE D’ANDOVORANTO 2017-2021]
During the French colonial rule of the island, Andrevoranto was the capital of Andevoranto Province, and sources also described it as a former capital of the Betsimisaraka people in the region.[http://nah296.free.fr/evolutio.htm EVOLUTION DU DECOUPAGE ADMINISTRATIF] (see 1908 map), Retrieved February 22, 2013Halcombe, J.J. (ed.) [https://books.google.com/books?id=etsWAQAAIAAJ&dq=Andevoranto+Betsimisaraka&pg=PA32 Mission Life, Vol. 8 Part 1], p. 32 (1877)Little, William Henry. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ditRAAAAYAAJ&dq=Andevoranto+Betsimisaraka&pg=PR8 Madagascar: its history and people], p. viii (1884) ("the interesting and important town of Andevoranto--the ancient capital of the once independent and powerful Betsimisaraka tribe.") The town was at that point also the junction of a number of important roads, including the key road from the coast to the capital, Antananarivo.[https://books.google.com/books?id=TZsFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA408 Report by Acting Consul Whitney, of Madagascar] (1884) Today, the key route of Route nationale 2 from the capital is located west of Andevoranto.
Railroad
There is a train station at Ambila-Lemaitso (Train DIA SOA) on the line from Toamasina-Antananarivo.
Geography
It is situated 20 km South of Brickaville and 100 km from Toamasina.
Bodies of Waters
File:Canal des pangalanes 2019-10-20 3.jpg]]
The Canal des Pangalanes follows the coastline a few hundred meters distance from North to South. This is a channel that connects the lakes of the region, as the Anjamborona Lake that is the largest in the municipality.
Fokontany
12 Fokontany (villages) are part of this municipality: Andovoranto, Ambatobe, Ianakonitra, Andavakimena, Sondrara, Manakambahiny, Ambodivoara, Vohitrampasina, Vavony, Ambila Lemaitso, Manaratsandry and Manerinerina.
Nature
File:Minute leaf chameleon (Brookesia minima) Lokobe.jpg
- The Vohibola Reserve[https://lexpress.mg/17/07/2023/trafics-et-deforestations-des-autorites-pointees-du-doigt/ L'Express.mg: Trafics & deforestation] that also is found the smallest frog on earth, Stumpffia pygmaea and Stumpffia vohibolensis but also the smallest cameleon Brookesia minima of this planet[https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2019/04/18/sauver-la-foret-de-vohibola-ne-tient-qu-a-la-determination-du-gouvernement-malgache_5452217_3212.html Le Mondes: Sauver la Foret de Vohibola] and Calumma vohibola, another species of cameleons.