Sofia Region

Sofia Region
Region
Sofia
Location in Madagascar
Country	Madagascar
Capital	Antsohihy
Government [1]
• Governor	René de Rolland Urbain Lylison
Area
• Total	50,100 km2 (19,300 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[2]
• Total	1,500,227
• Density	30/km2 (78/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC3 (EAT)
HDI (2018)	0.538[3] low · 6th of 22

Sofia is a region in northern Madagascar. It is named for the Sofia River. It is the second largest Malagasy region (behind Atsimo-Andrefana) with an area of 50,100 km² (19,300 sq mi), and had a population of 1,500,227 in 2018.^[2] Antsohihy is the administrative capital.

Administrative divisions

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

• 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

Protected Areas

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

• (in French) Official Website

References

14°52′47″S 47°59′15″E / 14.87961°S 47.987518°E / -14.87961; 47.987518

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