Irodo

Irodo lies on the northeastern coast of Madagascar, in the northern country of the Antankarana. Archaeological finds show a settlement here as early as the ninth century, with evidence of contacts across the sea. The coast formed part of a western Indian Ocean world in which Malagasy communities encountered merchants from elsewhere. Inland, red earth and eroded formations mark the landscape above the coastal plain.

The later city of Antsiranana lies here.