Betania, Madagascar

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Coordinates: 23°21′S 43°42′E / 23.350°S 43.700°E / -23.350; 43.700
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Betania (Morondava)
village
Betania
Betania
Betania (Morondava) is located in Madagascar
Betania (Morondava)
Betania (Morondava)
Coordinates: 20°19′13″S 44°16′3″E / 20.32028°S 44.26750°E / -20.32028; 44.26750
Country Madagascar
RegionMenabe
MunicipalityMorondava
Elevation
coastal
8 m (26 ft)
Population
 (2)
 • Total2,400
postal code
619
Area code95

Betania is a coastal village in Western Madagascar south of Morondava with a population of around 2,400 Vezo fishermen.[1] This village belongs to the municipality of Morondava and is situated on the southern side of the mouth of the Morondava River.

Betania

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Astuti

References[edit]

  • Rita Astuti (1985). "The Vezo Are Not a Kind of People": Identity, Difference, and "Ethnicity" among a Fishing People of Western Madagascar". American Ethnologist. 22 (3): 464–482. doi:10.1525/ae.1995.22.3.02a00010. ISSN 0094-0496.
  • Rita Astuti. "Culture and the Mind / Fieldsite in Western Madagascar". Sheffield University. Retrieved 2007-10-30.

23°21′S 43°42′E / 23.350°S 43.700°E / -23.350; 43.700

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