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 (Morondava) | |
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village | |
 Betania | |
  Betania (Morondava) | |
| Coordinates: 20°19′13″S 44°16′3″E / 20.32028°S 44.26750°E | |
| Country |  Madagascar |
| Region | Menabe |
| Municipality | Morondava |
| Elevation coastal | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2) | |
| • Total | 2,400 |
| postal code | 619 |
| Area code | 95 |
Notes
edit- ^ 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
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