Menabe
Menabe | |
|---|---|
Region | |
Location in Madagascar | |
| Coordinates: 20°18′00″S 44°16′48″E / 20.30000°S 44.28000°E | |
| Country | Madagascar |
| Capital | Morondava |
| Government | |
| • Chief | Romain Gilbert |
| Area | |
• Total | 46,121 km2 (17,807 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 700,577 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (39/sq mi) |
| • Ethnicities | Sakalava |
| Time zone | UTC3 (EAT) |
| HDI (2018) | 0.450 low · 17th of 22 |
Menabe is a region in western Madagascar, with its capital at Morondava. It covers an area of 46,121 square kilometres (17,807 square miles), and its population was 700,577 in 2018. The population mostly belongs to the Sakalava ethnic group. The region is named after the 18th-century Sakalava Kingdom of Menabe (16th–18th centuries). The name "Menabe", in turn, means "big red", after the color of laterite rock that dominates the landscape.