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| − | '''Brickaville, officially named Ampasimanolotra, although everyone refer to its old name of Brickavilla, is located on the | + | '''Brickaville, officially named Ampasimanolotra, although everyone refer to its old name of Brickavilla, is located on the route between [[Antananarivo]] (225km from) and Tamatave (134km). Brickaville is an agricultural centre with plenty of fruit and vegetables. Even mangosteen, an unusual and exotic friut, is available here.''' |
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| + | <googlemap version="0.9" lat="-18.820355" lon="49.073009" zoom="13" controls="large"> | ||
| + | -18.820192, 49.07198 | ||
| + | Brickaville | ||
| + | </googlemap> | ||
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| + | The area around Brickaville once included cocoa plantations, and the town was the location of the first chocolate factory in Madagascar, [[Chocolatiere Robert]]. As cocoa plantations eventually moved to the [[Ambanja]] region in the northwest of the country, the cocoa were replaced with sugar cane fields. | ||
Revision as of 04:53, 8 April 2011
Brickaville, officially named Ampasimanolotra, although everyone refer to its old name of Brickavilla, is located on the route between Antananarivo (225km from) and Tamatave (134km). Brickaville is an agricultural centre with plenty of fruit and vegetables. Even mangosteen, an unusual and exotic friut, is available here.
The area around Brickaville once included cocoa plantations, and the town was the location of the first chocolate factory in Madagascar, Chocolatiere Robert. As cocoa plantations eventually moved to the Ambanja region in the northwest of the country, the cocoa were replaced with sugar cane fields.
