Official Name: | Vatovavy |
Settlement Type: | Region |
Mapsize: | 180px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Mananjary |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Leader Title: | Gouverneur |
Leader Name: | Lucien Randriarison |
Established Title: | Creation |
Established Date: | 16.06.2021 |
Population As Of: | 2018 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 705,675 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | 3 |
Vatovavy is a region of Madagascar. Its capital is Mananjary. It was created by dividing the former region of Vatovavy-Fitovinany on 16 June 2021.[3]
Cyclone Batsirai made landfall at Mananjary in 2022, leaving 90 percent of the city destroyed.[4]
Vatovavy Region is divided into three districts, which are sub-divided into 58 communes.