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