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

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Settlement.name
Anakao
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline
Anakao South of Madagascar.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map
Madagascar
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Madagascar
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Atsimo-Andrefana
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Toliara II District
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Commune
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Soalara
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Gaston
Settlement.established_title
2003
Settlement.postal_code_type
Postal code
Settlement.postal_code
602

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

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." To the south are the villages of Ankilimivony and Ankiririsa.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anakao” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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