Maroantsetra

Maroantsetra, formerly Louisbourg, is a market town and port in . Located at the northern end of the Bay of Antongil on Madagascar's east coast, it is the capital of Ambatosoa, the country's newest administrative region.
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Places in the Area

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Village
is a town and commune in Ambatosoa, . It belongs to the district of Maroantsetra. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 8,000 in the 2001 commune census. is situated 7 km east of Maroantsetra.

Maroantsetra

Latitude
-15.43487° or 15° 26′ 6″ south
Longitude
49.74229° or 49° 44′ 32″ east
Population
42,500
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
IATA airport code
WMN
United Nations Location Code
MG WMN
Open location code
5HPFHP8R+3W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 254615144
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1060283
Wiki­data ID
Q118175
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Maroantsetra” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ماروانتسيترا
  • Basque: Maroantsetra
  • Catalan: Maroantsetra
  • Cebuano: Maroantsetra
  • Chinese: 馬魯安采特拉
  • Croatian: Maroantsetra
  • Czech: Maroantsetra
  • Dutch: Maroantsetra
  • Estonian: Maroantsetra
  • French: Maroantsetra
  • German: Maroantsetra
  • Hausa: Maroantsetra
  • Hebrew: מארואנטסטרה
  • Italian: Maroantsetra
  • Japanese: マルアンツェチャ
  • Japanese: マルアンツェトラ
  • Macedonian: Маруанцетра
  • Malagasy: Maroantsetra
  • Occitan (post 1500): Maroantsetra
  • Persian: ماروآنتسترا
  • Polish: Maroantsetra
  • Portuguese: Maroantsetra
  • Russian: Мароантсера
  • Russian: Маруанцентре
  • Russian: Маруанцетра
  • Serbo-Croatian: Maroantsetra
  • Slovak: Maroantsetra
  • Spanish: Maroantsetra
  • Swedish: Maroantsetra
  • Ukrainian: Мароантсера
  • Zulu: Maroantsetra
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