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'''The village of Fampotabe is located along a bay on the western side of the Masoala Peninsula. The village, however, is not directly at the beach. Fampotabe is named after the Fampotabe river, which flows into the ocean on the east side of the village. ''' {| class="imageTable"|-|colspan="3" | [[File:Fampotabe 014.jpg|600px]]|-|[[File:Fampotabe 009.jpg|196px]]|align="center"|[[File:Fampotabe 028.jpg|196px]]|align="right"|[[File:Fampotabe 012.jpg|196px]]|-|[[File:Fampotabe 013.jpg|196px]]|align="center"|[[File:Fampotabe 037.jpg|196px]]|align="right"|[[File:Fampotabe 035.jpg|196px]]|}
Fampotabe has a Public Primary School. The encouraging slogan of the school is "À coeur vaillnt rien d'impossible" - "With a valiant heart nothing is impossible".
There are many well stocked shops and small ''hôtely''' (restaurant) along the sandy main road. The villagers live from fishing and farming, especially cloves. Throughout the months of October and November the cloves are picked and thereafter prepared for drying in the sun. In those months there will be an intense scent of cloves in the entire village.
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The nearby village of [[Namantoana]] can be reached within an hour by foot.
