Sava Region

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title: "Sava Region" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["sava-region", "regions-of-madagascar"] topic_path: "general/sava-region" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sava_Region" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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population_as_of2018
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population_blank1_titleEthnicities
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blank_name_sec1HDI (2018)
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The name of the region is composed of the initial letters of its four principal towns: Sambava, Antalaha, Iharana (Vohimaro), and Andapa. Each of these towns claims itself the World Capital of Vanilla, a spice of which the region is the largest producer of in the world (especially the highly sought Bourbon vanilla variety).

The economic importance of vanilla cultivation in the Sava Region encouraged the reconstruction of the road that connects the towns, called the Route de la vanille (The Vanilla Route), in the latter half of 2005. However, due to the volatile fluctuations in the price of vanilla, in turn often caused by the dramatic cyclones occurring in the southwestern Indian Ocean, many poor vanilla farmers in the Sava Region have periodically been forced to resort to the mostly illegal logging of ebony, palisander, and rosewood.

Geography

Administrative divisions

Sava Region is divided into four districts, which are subdivided into 75 communes:

Ports

There are regional ports in Vohemar and Antalaha.

Protected areas

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Ambatotsondrona_03.jpg" caption="Ambatotsondrona in [[Marojejy National Park"] ::

Rivers

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Fanambana,_Sava.jpg" caption="the [[Fanambana]], Sava"] ::

The main rivers of the Sava Region are (north to south):

Transport

Airports

Roads

This region is crossed by 454 km of national roads:

References

References

  1. "Troisieme Recensement General de la Population et de L'Habitation (RGPH-3) Resultats Provisoires". Institut National de la Statistique Madagascar.
  2. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab".
  3. "Welcome – Macolline". macolline.org.
  4. [https://www.primature.gov.mg/cpgu/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ATLAS%20DE%20LA%20VULNERABILITE%20SECTORIELLE%20REGION%20SAVA.pdf VULNERABILITE SECTORIELLE DE LA REGION SAVA]

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