Betania, Madagascar

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

Betania (Morondava)
village
Betania
Betania (Morondava)
Coordinates: 20°19′13″S 44°16′3″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

1. Astuti

References

• 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