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Anosy

Also known as Anosy Region

Anosy is one of the 23 regions of Madagascar. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the eastern side of what was once the Toliara Province. The name Anosy means "island(s)" in Malagasy.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Anosy
Settlement.settlement_type: Region
Settlement.image_skyline: Pic Saint-Louis (9592460866).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Nahampoana Reserve (includes Dypsis decaryi)
Settlement.image_shield: Region-Anôsy-Mg-shield 03.png
Settlement.shield_size: 100px
Settlement.image_map: Madagascar-Anosy-2023.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 180px
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Madagascar
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Madagascar | subdivision_type1 = | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | seat_type = Capital | seat = [[Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar)
Settlement.url: https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/
Settlement.title: Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab
Settlement.publisher: Institut National de la Statistique Madagascar
Settlement.access date: 2018-09-13}}{{color
Settlement.archive date: November 18, 2020
Settlement.archive url: https://web.archive.org/web/20201118051622/https://www.instat.mg/wp-content/uploads/Rapport-Prelim-2019_ver_final.pdf
Settlement.url status: dead}} | population_note = | population_total = 809313 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = Ethnicities (Antanosy, Antandroy, Betsileo, Imerina) | population_blank1 = | population_blank2_title = Religions (Folk Religion, Christian—Catholic, Lutheran, FJKM, Muslim) | population_blank2 = | timezone = [[East Africa Time

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Contents

History
Early history
Zafiraminia dynasty
European contact and Jesuit mission
Early French settlements
Feudal rule
Imerina control
Franco-Malagasy Wars
French colony
Madagascar Republic
Geography
Climate
Protected areas
Demographics
Administration, services and infrastructure
Administrative divisions
Education
Healthcare
Transportation
Roads
Airports
Electrical infrastructure
Agriculture
Cash crops
Fishing
Mining
Mica
Uranium ores
Titanium ores
Semi-precious stones
Unexploited mineral resources
Tourism
References
Further reading
External links

Anosy is one of the 23 regions of Madagascar. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the eastern side of what was once the Toliara Province. The name Anosy means "island(s)" in Malagasy.

Due to a strategic sea route running along its coast, Anosy had been an important crossroads for the Malagasy, Muslims, and Europeans. In the mid-1600s, it was the location of the first French colonial settlement in the Indian Ocean. The region was part of the Imerina Kingdom for much of the 1800s and part of the French colony of Madagascar from the late 1800s to 1960.

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