Morondava
title: "Morondava" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-in-madagascar", "populated-places-in-menabe", "regional-capitals-in-madagascar"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morondava" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Morondava |
| settlement_type | City |
| image_skyline | Strada di Morondava.jpg |
| pushpin_map | Madagascar |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Madagascar |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Menabe |
| leader_title | Mayor (interim) |
| leader_name | Désiré Armand Raharison |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| area_footnotes | morondava-autrement.com |
| area_total_km2 | 35 |
| population_as_of | 2018 census |
| population_total | 53510 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_footnotes | coastal |
| elevation_m | 8 |
| postal_code_type | postal code |
| postal_code | 619 |
| area_code | 95 |
| blank_name | Climate |
| blank_info | BSh |
| :: |
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Morondava (, from "long coast") is a city located in Menabe Region, of which it is the capital, in Madagascar. It is located in the delta of the Morondava River at . Its population as of the 2018 census, was 53,510.
Population
The predominant tribe is the Sakalava, but there are also a few Betsileo, Tsimihety, Merina, and Makoa as well as Europeans.
Transportation
Air Madagascar has regular scheduled flights to Morondava Airport. The main road to town has been renovated recently. With the new road established, a trip from Antananarivo to Morondava by taxi-brousse takes approximately 12 hours. Pirogues are consequently a popular mode of transport used to ferry people and goods along the coast, especially to Morombe.
Roads
- RN 34 and RN 35 to Ivato, Ambositra and Antsirabe.
- RN 8 to Belo-sur-Tsiribihina.
Ecology
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The city is famous amongst other things for the spectacular Avenue of the Baobabs nearby at . These giant baobab trees are an 800-year-old legacy of the dense tropical forests that once throve here. Over the years, as the country's population grew, the forests were steadily cut down, leaving only the baobab trees, which the locals preserved for religious reasons. Today, deforestation still continues as large areas of this region, including some of few remaining baobabs, are cleared to make way for sugar cane plantations.
The Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located 150 km north of Morondava. The road from Morondava is poor, but Tsingy de Bemaraha is reachable by 4x4 in approximately 10 hours. In the South there is the Andranomena Reserve.
Kirindy Forest at is a nature reserve about 60 km from Morondava where many of the local species of lemurs as well as other plants and animals can be spotted during a day or night trip.
Education
French international schools:
- École de l'Alliance
Religion
- Roman Catholic Diocese (Cathedral of Mary Queen of the World).
- Fiangonana Jesosy Mamonjy Morondava
- FJKM - Fiangonan'i Jesoa Kristy eto Madagasikara (Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar)
- FLM - Fiangonana Loterana Malagasy (Malagasy Lutheran Church) There are also 4 mosques in Morandava.
Climate
Morondova experiences a hot semi-arid (BSh) climate. |location = Morondava (1991-2020) |single line = Yes |metric first = Yes |Jan record high C = 34.9 |Feb record high C = 34.9 |Mar record high C = 34.9 |Apr record high C = 34.9 |May record high C = 34.9 |Jun record high C = 34.8 |Jul record high C = 34.4 |Aug record high C = 34.8 |Sep record high C = 34.9 |Oct record high C = 35.5 |Nov record high C = 35.7 |Dec record high C = 35.0 |year record high C = |Jan high C = 31.8 |Feb high C = 31.9 |Mar high C = 32.4 |Apr high C = 32.0 |May high C = 30.8 |Jun high C = 29.5 |Jul high C = 29.2 |Aug high C = 29.5 |Sep high C = 30.4 |Oct high C = 31.1 |Nov high C = 32.0 |Dec high C = 32.2 |year high C = 31.1 |Jan mean C = 28.1 |Feb mean C = 28.0 |Mar mean C = 28.1 |Apr mean C = 26.9 |May mean C = 24.8 |Jun mean C = 23.0 |Jul mean C = 22.6 |Aug mean C = 23.3 |Sep mean C = 24.6 |Oct mean C = 26.3 |Nov mean C = 27.6 |Dec mean C = 28.2 |year mean C = 26.0 |Jan low C = 24.4 |Feb low C = 24.1 |Mar low C = 23.8 |Apr low C = 21.7 |May low C = 18.7 |Jun low C = 16.4 |Jul low C = 16.0 |Aug low C = 17.1 |Sep low C = 19.0 |Oct low C = 21.3 |Nov low C = 23.2 |Dec low C = 24.2 |year low C = 20.8 |Jan record low C = 20.5 |Feb record low C = 20.5 |Mar record low C = 18.5 |Apr record low C = 13.9 |May record low C = 9.7 |Jun record low C = 9.2 |Jul record low C = 9.0 |Aug record low C = 10.0 |Sep record low C = 11.3 |Oct record low C = 13.0 |Nov record low C = 16.2 |Dec record low C = 17.3 |year record low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 292.0 |Feb precipitation mm = 194.1 |Mar precipitation mm = 75.3 |Apr precipitation mm = 16.7 |May precipitation mm = 2.8 |Jun precipitation mm = 3.2 |Jul precipitation mm = 1.5 |Aug precipitation mm = 1.8 |Sep precipitation mm = 2.5 |Oct precipitation mm = 7.9 |Nov precipitation mm = 24.4 |Dec precipitation mm = 89.7 |year precipitation mm = 711.9 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 13.7 |Feb precipitation days = 10.5 |Mar precipitation days = 6.2 |Apr precipitation days = 1.6 |May precipitation days = 0.4 |Jun precipitation days = 0.5 |Jul precipitation days = 0.2 |Aug precipitation days = 0.4 |Sep precipitation days = 0.4 |Oct precipitation days = 1.0 |Nov precipitation days = 2.3 |Dec precipitation days = 7.2 |year precipitation days = 44.4 |Jan sun = 269.3 |Feb sun = 241.6 |Mar sun = 287.8 |Apr sun = 290.0 |May sun = 302.5 |Jun sun = 289.4 |Jul sun = 297.6 |Aug sun = 310.0 |Sep sun = 298.1 |Oct sun = 322.1 |Nov sun = 313.2 |Dec sun = 283.4 |year sun = 3505.0 |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/MORONDAVA_67117.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/MORONDAVA_67117.csv | title = Morondav 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/67117.TXT | server = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | title = Morondava Climate Normals 1961–1990 | access-date = October 19, 2015}} |date=October 2015
International relations
Morondava is twinned with:
- FRA Le Grand-Quevilly, France, since 1964.
References
References
- [http://www.morondava-autrement.com/pages/municipalite/elections-municipales/morondava-un-grand-pas-vers-la-mondialisation.html morondava-autrement.com]
- (1966). "Morondava". Ambozontany.
- [http://www.morondava-autrement.com/pages/la-ville/presentation/morondava-vezo-et-urbaine-a-la-fois.html www.morondava-autrement.com]
- "[http://www.aefe.fr/reseau-scolaire-mondial/rechercher-un-etablissement/madagascar-morondava-ecole-de-lalliance École de l'Alliance]." [[AEFE]]. Retrieved on May 7, 2015.
- [http://www.morondava-autrement.com/pages/la-ville/presentation/morondava-et-la-religion.html Morondava autrement]
- [https://grandquevilly.fr/actions-et-competences/jumelages/ grandquevilly.fr]
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