Tsaratanana

Tsaratanana is a locality in , , . Tsaratanana is situated nearby to the town , as well as near the locality .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ilakaka.

Town
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is a small town in Region in the south western part of . In the early 1990s there were only about 40 residents in the area. After the discovery of one of Earth's largest known alluvial sapphire deposits in the valley of the river in 1998, the population had boomed to nearly 60,000 in 2005.

Tsaratanana

Latitude
-22.7° or 22° 41′ 60″ south
Longitude
45.2112° or 45° 12′ 40″ east
Elevation
789 metres (2,589 feet)
Open location code
5H978626+2F
Geo­Names ID
11929381
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