Ilakaka Sapphire Quarry
Ilakaka Sapphire Quarry is a quarry in Bemanga, Ilakaka, Ihorombe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Ilakaka
Town
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ilakaka is a small town in Ihorombe Region in the south western part of Madagascar. 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 Ilakaka river in 1998, the population had boomed to nearly 60,000 in 2005. Ilakaka is situated 6 km west of Ilakaka Sapphire Quarry.
Ilakaka Sapphire Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Bemanga, Ilakaka, Ihosy District, Ihorombe, Madagascar, East African Islands, Africa
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Latitude
-22.71678° or 22° 43′ 0″ southLongitude
45.27283° or 45° 16′ 22″ eastOpen location code
5H9777MF+74OpenStreetMap ID
way 898258575OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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