Moramanga

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Population: 18767 inhabitants (1993 Census); 32411 inhabitants (2010).
Moramanga is a city in Madagascar. Between the capital city Antananarivo and the east coast. The name Mora-manga literally means “cheap mangoes”. The city of Moramanga has an important place in the history of Madagascar. It was in Moramanga, on the night of the 29th of March 1947 that the Malagasy uprising against French colonial rule started. Moramanga is also the capital city of the Bezanozano tribe (one of the eighteen tribes in Madagascar).

Moramanga is in the Alaotra-Mangoro region.
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Coordinates:   18°56'57"S   48°13'35"E
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