Menabe is a region in western Madagascar, with its capital at Morondava. It covers an area of 46,121 square kilometres, and its population wa…Menabe is a region in western Madagascar, with its capital at Morondava. It covers an area of 46,121 square kilometres, and its population was 700,577 in 2018. The population mostly belongs to the Sakalava ethnic group. The region is named after the 18th-century Sakalava Kingdom of Menabe. The name "Menabe", in turn, means "big red", after the color of laterite rock that dominates the landscape.
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