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Sofia Region
Sofia Region
Region
	Sofia
	Location in Madagascar
Country	Madagascar
Capital	Antsohihy
Government
• Governor	René de Rolland Urbain Lylison
Area
• Total	50,100 km2 (19,300 sq mi)
Population (2018)
• Total	1,500,227
• Density	30/km2 (78/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC3 (EAT)
HDI (2018)	0.538; low · 6th of 22

Sofia is a region in northern Madagascar. It is named for the Sofia River. The region covers 50,100 km² and had a population of 1,500,227 in 2018.^[2] The administrative capital is Antsohihy.

Administrative divisions edit

Sofia Region is divided into seven districts, which are sub-divided into 108 communes.

Sofia

Analalava District - 11 communes
Antsohihy District - 12 communes
Bealanana District - 13 communes
Befandriana-Nord District - 12 communes
Boriziny-Vaovao District - 15 communes
Mampikony District - 6 communes
Mandritsara District - 22 communes

Transport edit

Airports edit

Roads edit

Sofia is crossed by the National Road 4 (Antananarivo-Mahajanga), National Road 6 (Antsohihy-Diego Suarez), the National road 31 (Antsohihy to Mandritsara) and National road 32 (Antsohihy to Bealanana).

Protected Areas edit

Mangroves of Anjajavy Forest

Sofia disposes of the highest concentration of mangroves in Madagascar with a total surface of 450 km2.^[4]

Bongolava forest corridor
Marotandrano Reserve
Bora Reserve
Tampoketsa Analamaitso Reserve
Radama Islands/Sahamalaza National Park
Bemanevika New Protected Area
Mahimborondro New Protected Area
Part of Makira Natural Park
Anjajavy Forest New Protected Area

External links edit

(in French) Official Website

References edit

^ EDBM
^ ^a ^b "Troisieme Recensement General de la Population et de L'Habitation (RGPH-3) Resultats Provisoires" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique Madagascar. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
^ L'Express/mg: Ananalava mangroves