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[[File:Sambirano 001.jpg|600px]]
 
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Sambirano River, where it runs through [[Ambanja]]
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Due to the proximity of the Tsaratanana mountain range and trade winds, a particular micro-climate occurs in the Sambirano region. During the rainy season, the river floods and deposits extremely fertile alluvia along its river banks, providing ideal conditions for many types of crops, especially cacao.
All three varieties of cacao grow throughout the year along the river banks of Sambirano, but with two peak seasons: June/July and October/November. The river is divided in two parts, the upper Sambirano (upstream) and the lower Sambirano (downstream). <!-- Harvesting between from ... to ... is done along the upstream part and from ... to ... along the downstream part. -->
 
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Malagasy cacao derives its special characteristics from the unique climate and soil along the Sambirano river. The cacao harvest grown in the region can contain up to 10% Criollo beans (cacao grown elsewhere typically contain about 5% Criollo). Cacao harvested from Sambirano is especially suited for high quality, low bitterness dark chocolate and is used by premium quality [[Madagascar Chocolate|Malagasy chocolate]] brands such as [[Chocolaterie Robert]], [[Cinagra]] and [[Chocolaterie Colbert]]. Sambirano cacao is also exported by numerous
[[chocolate makers using Madagascar cocoa]] in their products.
 
<googlemap version="0.9" lat="-13.688688" lon="48.450737" type="satellite" zoom="12" controls="large">
-13.687854, 48.452454
Sambirano River, where it runs through [[Ambanja]]
</googlemap>
== Additional information ==
* View all [[Sambirano photos]]
* [[Madagascar Chocolate|Madagascar based chocolate producers and brands]]
* [[Chocolate makers using Madagascar cocoa|Chocolates produced in other countries using cocoa from Madagascar]]

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