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Morondava is a town and capital of the Menabe region in south west Madagascar. Once the centre of the [[Sakalava]] Kingdom and a popular stop-over for sailors, it is nowadays rich in an area of rice and sugar cane farming. As the population has grown in the area region the forests have alsobeen gradually cut down, except the baobab trees which the locals has preserved for religious reasons. However, deforestation continues in large areas parts of the region including some of the remaining baobabs to make way for sugar cane plantations.

Morondava can be reached by a 700km drive from [[Antanarivo]] but since road conditions in the latter part of the journey between [[Miandrivazo]] and [[Malaimbandy]] are especially poor, such journey the drive can take between 10 and 20 hours. Morondava has a domestic airport and is best reached by plane, with daily flights by [[Air Madagascar]] connecting with Antanarivo and [[Tulear]].