Diana is a region in Madagascar at the northern part of the island. It borders the regions of Sava Region to the southeast and Sofia Region to the southwest. It covers an area of 19,266 km2, and had a population of 889,736 in 2018.
Geography
Rivers
The main rivers of the Diana region are:
Protected areas and visitors' attractions
The following national parks, reserves and visitors' attractions are located in Diana:
Administrative divisions
Diana Region is divided into five districts, which are subdivided into 51 communes. The districts are listed below with their 2013 populations:
[Institut National de la Statistique, Madagascar.]
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Ambanja District - 18 communes; 190,435 inhabitants
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Ambilobe District - 15 communes; 216,145 inhabitants
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Antsiranana I District 1 commune; 115,015 inhabitants; the city of Antsiranana
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Antsiranana II District - 16 communes; 105,416 inhabitants; the rural area surrounding the city
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Nosy Be 1 commune; 73,010 inhabitants; the island of Nosy Be
Transport
Economy
Fishery
Antsiranana is an important
tuna fishing port. There is also a tuna canning factory. Other important fishery products are
shrimp (2.813.291 kg exported in 2002) and
sea cucumber.
Agriculture
The main crops are:
There are also important productions of essential oils (mainly ylang ylang but also palmarosa, vetyver and basil) on 2465 ha in the regions of Nosy Be and Ambanja.
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Cattle raising: in 2002 the region contained 308,530 , 53,980 swine, 2,840 sheep and 44,520 .
Mining
Pozzolana, lime,
gold,
sapphire,
graphite,
lead,
zinc,
corundum,
amethyst,
garnet,
zircon,
cordierite,
quartz,
beryl and
ilmenite are extracted in the region.
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