Ankarafantsika National Park

Ankarafantsika National Park
Lake Ravelobe
Map showing the location of Ankarafantsika National Park
Map showing the location of Ankarafantsika National Park
Location of Ankarafantsika National Park
LocationBoeny Region, Madagascar
Nearest cityAndranofasika
Majunga
Area1,365.13 km2 (527.08 sq mi)
Established31 December 1927 (as nature reserve)
2002 (as national park)
Governing bodyMadagascar National Parks
Official nameZones Humides Ankarafantsika (CLSA)
Designated2 February 2017
Reference no.2289[1]

Ankarafantsika National Park is a national park near Andranofasika in the Boeny Region of Madagascar. The closest city is Majunga 115 kilometres (71 mi) north of the park. Ankarafantsika is mostly tropical in climate type. The Sakalava people are the predominant ethnic group living and farming here. The greater big-footed mouse (Macrotarsomys ingens) lives in the park and is not known anywhere else.

  1. ^ "Zones Humides Ankarafantsika (CLSA)". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.