Toamasina, whose name means like salt or salty and which is known unofficially and in French as Tamatave, is the capital of the Atsinanana region on the east coast of Madagascar on the Indian Ocean. It is the country's chief seaport, situated 215 kilometers northeast of the capital and largest city Antananarivo, and had a population of 325,857 in 2018.
Facts
Area (sq km) Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Toamasina (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: population_total
325857
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Toamasina (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -18.155, longitude 49.41
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 6 m
P2046 (area)
area 20.0 sq km
View the Source3. GeoNames: Toamasina - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1053384
-18.1492 49.40234 P PPLA MG 31 31301 345107 12 Indian/Antananarivo
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 12 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -18.25, 49.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -18.25, 49.25
-18.25 49.25 Af
Wikidata: Toamasina
Wikidata Q178067, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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