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Antsiranana

Eastern Africa

Antsiranana, known as Diego-Suarez before 1975, is a city in the far north of Madagascar and the capital of the Diana Region. It had an estimated population of 115,015 in 2013. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
136,959 1
Area (sq km)
42 2
Latitude
12.322444 degrees south 2
Longitude
49.295 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 3
Sources
1. GeoNames: Antsiranana
GeoNames geonameid 1069129 (Antsiranana), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. Antsiranana (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude -12.322444, longitude 49.295
  • P2046 (area)
    area 42.0 sq km
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3. GeoNames: Antsiranana - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 1069129
    -12.31732 49.29188 P PPLA MG 71 71715 136959 60 Indian/Antananarivo
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 60 m
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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 -12.25, 49.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -12.25, 49.25
-12.25 49.25 Aw
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Antsiranana (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Antsiranana (Malagasy: Antsiranana Malagasy pronunciation: [antsʲˈraŋanə̥]), named Diego-Suarez prior to 1975, is a city in the far north of Madagascar.
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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