title: Vatovavy
text: # Vatovavy
  
  Vatovavy is a region of Madagascar. Its capital is Mananjary. It was created by dividing the former region of Vatovavy-Fitovinany on 16 June 2021.
  
  Cyclone Batsirai made landfall at Mananjary in 2022, leaving 90 percent of the city destroyed.
  
  ## Administrative divisions
  
  Vatovavy Region is divided into three districts, which are sub-divided into 58 communes.
  
  * Ifanadiana District - 14 communes
  * Mananjary District - 25 communes
  * Nosy Varika District - 19 communes
  
  ## Transportation
  
  * Train - 180 km (from Fianarantsoa)
  * Car Taxi-Brousse
  * One airport: Mananjary Airport
  
  ## Bodies of water
  
  * the Namorona River
  * the Mananjary River
  * the Sakaleona River and the Sakaleona Falls, the highest waterfall in Madagascar (200m)
  
  ## Protected areas
  
  * Part of Ranomafana National Park
  