Anakao | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Madagascar |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Madagascar |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Madagascar |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Atsimo-Andrefana |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Toliara II District |
Subdivision Type3: | Commune |
Subdivision Name3: | Soalara |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Gaston |
Established Title: | 2003 |
Coordinates: | -23.6667°N 82°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 602 |
Anakao is a coastal municipality, somewhere on the southwest coast of Madagascar, 35 kilometres south of Toliara.[1]
It is located southwest of Soalara. It is inhabited by the Vezo people and is a beach ressort. There are some tombs located near the point of the town. The topography is described as "rather flat, except where the sandy soil forms dunes."[2] To the south are the villages of Ankilimivony and Ankiririsa.
The municipality of Anakao also covers the following villages: Anakao Haut, Anakao Bas, Befasy and Maromena.[3]