Manakara

Manakara is a city in . It is the capital of the Region and of the district of . The city is located at the east coast near the mouth of the Manakara River and has a small port.
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  • Type: Town with 44,200 residents
  • Description: commune of Madagascar
  • Also known as: Manankara

Places of Interest

Highlights include Manakara Airport.

Aerodrome
is an airport in Manakara, , , located on the east coast on the island. The Fianarantsoa-Côte Est railway crosses the runway of this airport, making it is one of only a few airports in the world that crosses a live railway line. is situated 3 km north of Manakara.

Manakara

Latitude
-22.14496° or 22° 8′ 42″ south
Longitude
48.01135° or 48° 0′ 41″ east
Population
44,200
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
IATA airport code
WVK
United Nations Location Code
MG WVK
Open location code
5H9CV246+2G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 727292577
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1061605
Wiki­data ID
Q991066
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Zulu—“Manakara” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Մանակարա
  • Catalan: Manakara
  • Cebuano: Manakara
  • Chinese: 馬納卡拉
  • Chinese: 馬那卡拉
  • Chinese: 马纳卡拉
  • Croatian: Manakara
  • Danish: Manakara
  • Dutch: Manakara
  • Estonian: Manakara
  • Finnish: Manakara
  • French: Manakara
  • German: Manakara
  • Italian: Manakara
  • Japanese: マナカラ
  • Korean: 마나카라
  • Lithuanian: Manakara
  • Malagasy: Manakara
  • Persian: ماناکارا
  • Polish: Manakara
  • Portuguese: Manakara
  • Romanian: Manakara
  • Russian: Манакара
  • Serbo-Croatian: Manakara
  • Spanish: Manakara
  • Swahili: Manakara
  • Swedish: Manakara
  • Zulu: Manakara

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