Anakao

Anakao
Municipality
Anakao is located in Madagascar
Anakao
Anakao
Location in Madagascar
Coordinates: 23°40′S 43°39′E / 23.667°S 43.650°E / -23.667; 43.650
Country Madagascar
RegionAtsimo-Andrefana
DistrictToliara II District
CommuneSoalara
Government
 • MayorGaston
Postal code
602

Anakao is a coastal municipality, somewhere on the southwest coast of Madagascar, 35 kilometres south of Toliara.[1]

It is located southwest of Soalara. It is inhabited by the Vezo people and is a beach ressort. There are some tombs located near the point of the town. The topography is described as "rather flat, except where the sandy soil forms dunes."[2] To the south are the villages of Ankilimivony and Ankiririsa.

The municipality of Anakao also covers the following villages: Anakao Haut, Anakao Bas, Befasy and Maromena.[3]

  1. ^ Lehoullier, Sara (15 August 2010). Madagascar (Travel Companion). Other Places Publishing. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-9822619-5-8. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  2. ^ Krall, S.; Peveling, Ralf; Diallo, Daoulé Ba (1997). New strategies in locust control. Birkhäuser. p. 145. ISBN 978-3-7643-5442-8. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  3. ^ TOURISME DANS LA REGION DE TOLIARA: CAS D’IFATY – MANGILY ET ANAKAO