Manakara

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Manakara

Total population

44,237

Air quality index

28Good

Coordinates-22.14°, 48.01°

Demographic figures from INSTAT Madagascar. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Manakara is a city in Madagascar. It is the capital of the Fitovinany Region and of the district of Manakara Atsimo. The city is located at the east coast near the mouth of the Manakara River and has a small port. Its temperature on average is 27 degrees Celsius, the high is 32 and low is 10.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Madagascar

• Ha Rants'etse
  1362.3 mi away
• Ha Mapeshoane
  1362.5 mi away
• Lehaheng
  1362.7 mi away
• Ha Mofoka
  1365.4 mi away
• Ha 'Mantšebo
  1368.8 mi away
• Ha Mpo
  1369.4 mi away
• Ha Mochekoane
  1369.9 mi away
• `Uqaqah
  2482.8 mi away · pop. 3,442
• Hazarah
  2503.4 mi away
• Darin
  2505.2 mi away · pop. 542
• Manwar
  2505.8 mi away · pop. 653
• Annah
  2508.3 mi away · pop. 1,188

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Manakara

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

coconut palm

Cocos nucifera

Seen 2026-05-18

Malagasy Kingfisher

Corythornis vintsioides

Seen 2026-05-14

Madagascan emperor moth

Bunaea aslauga

Seen 2026-05-12

Phelsuma lineata lineata

Phelsuma lineata lineata

Seen 2025-09-11

Gasteracantha rhomboidea

Gasteracantha rhomboidea

Seen 2025-09-10

Mourning Gecko

Lepidodactylus lugubris

Seen 2025-09-03

Southern Redleg Orbweaver

Trichonephila inaurata madagascariensis

Seen 2025-09-03

Malagasy Striped Policeman

Coeliades forestan arbogastes

Seen 2025-09-03

Madagascar Periwinkle

Catharanthus roseus

Seen 2025-05-15

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).