Manakara is a city in Madagascar

Madagascar

The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...

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It is the capital of Vatovavy-Fitovinany

Vatovavy-Fitovinany

Vatovavy-Fitovinany is the South-East region of Madagascar.*Capital: Manakara*Chief: Philibert Andriatsimanirinarivo *Dialectical: Antemoro*Transportation mean:-Train -Car Taxi-Brousse -Plane...

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The city is located at the east coast and has a small port. It is the endpoint of the Fianarantsoa-Côte Est railway

Fianarantsoa-Côte Est railway

The Fianarantsoa-Côte Est railway is a colonial-built railway in southeast Madagascar that connects the high plateau city of Fianarantsoa to the port-city of Manakara. It is 163 kilometers long and was built by the French between 1926 and 1936 using the forced-labor program SMOTIG. The French used...

 (FCE), which connects the city of Fianarantsoa

Fianarantsoa

Fianarantsoa is a city in south central Madagascar.Fianarantsoa is the capital of Haute Matsiatra Region. It was built in the early 19th century by the Merina as the administrative capital for the newly conquered Betsileo kingdoms....

 with the sea. For those interested in traveling to Manakara via the railway, please be advised the train can take over 12 hours at times. It usually leaves Fianarantsoa at 7 in the morning, and is supposed to reach Manakara by 4 pm, but there have been incidences of it not reaching Manakara until much later. If one needs to return to the capital from Manankara and time is an issue, take a plane or a taxi-brousse (Taxi-Bus). There is also an airport and a national road along the coastline.

Its temperature on average is 27 degrees Celsius

Celsius

Celsius is a scale and unit of measurement for temperature. It is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius , who developed a similar temperature scale two years before his death...

, the high is 32 and low is 10.