Maintirano

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Maintirano is a coastal city, urban municipality, and Catholic bishopric in western Madagascar approximately 325 kilometres west of the capital Antananarivo. It belongs to the district of Maintirano, which is a part of Melaky Region – and is capital of both.

The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 25,788 in 2018. The city is inhabited mainly by the Sakalava tribe.

Economy and infrastructure

The climate is fairly hot and access to the region is difficult due to lack of roads and few commercial flights. Maintirano is served by Maintirano Airport and a local maritime harbour.

The town has a permanent court and hospital.

As of 2002, the majority, 55% of the population, works in fishing. 34% are farmers. Main local products include shrimp and beef. The most important crop is bananas, while other important products are maize, sweet potatoes and rice. Industry and services provide employment for 0.8% and 10.2% of the population, respectively.{{cite web

| url=http://www.ilo.cornell.edu/ilo/data.html

| title=ILO census data

| publisher=Cornell University

| year=2002

| accessdate= 2008-03-04

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Roads

The hardly practicable Nationale Road 1a connects the city with Tsiroanomandidy and inlands.
The Nationale Road 8a leads southwards to Antsalova.
The Nationale Road 19 northwards to Mahajunga.

Protected areas

55 kilometres east of Maintirano is situated the Beanka Reserve, a limestone karst plateau that is the natural extension of the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park.[http://www.vahatra.mg/volume7/mn07chapter03.pdf Chapter 3. Caves of the Beanka karst, Melaky Region, western Madagascar]

Religion

FJKM - Fiangonan'i Jesoa Kristy eto Madagasikara (Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar)
Roman Catholic Diocese of Maintirano.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/main1.htm|title=Diocese of Maintirano, Madagascar}}

Climate

{{Weather box

|location = Maintirano (1991-2020)

|single line = Yes

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|Jan record high C = 35.4

|Feb record high C = 33.6

|Mar record high C = 35.8

|Apr record high C = 34.6

|May record high C = 33.2

|Jun record high C = 33.0

|Jul record high C = 33.0

|Aug record high C = 33.2

|Sep record high C = 34.1

|Oct record high C = 35.2

|Nov record high C = 35.4

|Dec record high C = 35.2

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|Jan high C = 29.9

|Feb high C = 30.0

|Mar high C = 30.5

|Apr high C = 30.1

|May high C = 28.9

|Jun high C = 27.7

|Jul high C = 27.1

|Aug high C = 27.7

|Sep high C = 28.9

|Oct high C = 29.8

|Nov high C = 30.6

|Dec high C = 30.5

|year high C = 29.3

|Jan mean C = 27.3

|Feb mean C = 27.4

|Mar mean C = 27.7

|Apr mean C = 27.2

|May mean C = 25.7

|Jun mean C = 24.2

|Jul mean C = 23.5

|Aug mean C = 24.1

|Sep mean C = 25.3

|Oct mean C = 26.4

|Nov mean C = 27.4

|Dec mean C = 27.6

|year mean C = 26.1

|Jan low C = 24.6

|Feb low C = 24.7

|Mar low C = 24.9

|Apr low C = 24.2

|May low C = 22.5

|Jun low C = 20.6

|Jul low C = 19.8

|Aug low C = 20.4

|Sep low C = 21.6

|Oct low C = 23.0

|Nov low C = 24.2

|Dec low C = 24.7

|year low C = 22.9

|Jan record low C = 18.7

|Feb record low C = 20.2

|Mar record low C = 19.7

|Apr record low C = 17.0

|May record low C = 15.6

|Jun record low C = 13.4

|Jul record low C = 13.3

|Aug record low C = 14.2

|Sep record low C = 14.0

|Oct record low C = 15.2

|Nov record low C = 17.6

|Dec record low C = 20.0

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|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 397.6

|Feb precipitation mm = 315.9

|Mar precipitation mm = 152.6

|Apr precipitation mm = 63.5

|May precipitation mm = 11.5

|Jun precipitation mm = 6.4

|Jul precipitation mm = 1.7

|Aug precipitation mm = 9.9

|Sep precipitation mm = 7.5

|Oct precipitation mm = 17.7

|Nov precipitation mm = 41.4

|Dec precipitation mm = 156.9

|year precipitation mm = 1182.6

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 16.2

|Feb precipitation days = 13.2

|Mar precipitation days = 8.6

|Apr precipitation days = 3.1

|May precipitation days = 0.8

|Jun precipitation days = 0.7

|Jul precipitation days = 0.4

|Aug precipitation days = 1.0

|Sep precipitation days = 1.1

|Oct precipitation days = 2.0

|Nov precipitation days = 3.8

|Dec precipitation days = 9.7

|year precipitation days = 60.6

|Jan sun = 238.7

|Feb sun = 214.4

|Mar sun = 267.3

|Apr sun = 291.6

|May sun = 304.2

|Jun sun = 293.7

|Jul sun = 299.9

|Aug sun = 312.3

|Sep sun = 300.9

|Oct sun = 321.8

|Nov sun = 311.6

|Dec sun = 273.8

|year sun = 3430.2

|source 1 = NOAA (sun, 1961-1990){{cite web

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230923234825/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/4.4/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Madagascar/CSV/ANTALAHA_67025.csv

| archive-date = 23 September 2023

| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/4.4/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Madagascar/CSV/MAINTIRANO_67073.csv

| title = Maintirano Climate Normals 1991–2020

| work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020)

| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

| access-date = 23 September 2023}}{{Cite FTP | url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG__I/MG/67073.TXT

| server = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

| title = Maintirano Climate Normals 1961–1990

| accessdate = October 19, 2015}}

|date=October 2015}}

References

Category:Cities in Madagascar

Category:Populated places in Melaky

Category:Regional capitals in Madagascar