Belalanda
Sign in to saveBelalanda is a rural municipality in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Toliara II, which is a part of Atsimo-Andrefana Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 7,000 in 2001 commune census.
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- Madagascar
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- Toliara II
- Elevation
- 12
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
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Belalanda is a rural municipality in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Toliara II, which is a part of Atsimo-Andrefana Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 7,000 in 2001 commune census.
==History== First installations at Belalanda were made around 1700, known at that time as Ampasintanga by the Mahafaly. These have migrated since to Toliara and presently the municipality is mostly inhabited by Vezo people.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Belalanda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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