Sandrakatsy

Sandrakatsy lies inland from Madagascar's northeastern coast, among the wooded hills south of Antongil Bay. It belongs to a region associated with the Betsimisaraka, whose communities occupy a long stretch of the eastern seaboard. Rice is cultivated in this humid country, where rivers descend from the highlands towards the Indian Ocean. The hills and forests distinguish the interior around Sandrakatsy from the narrow coastal plain farther east.