Brickaville

Ampasimanolotra, formerly Brickaville, is a small village in the region Atsinanana (formerly Toamasina province ) in Madagascar. Ampasimanolotra lies on both sides of the Rianila underflow immediately below the mouth of the Rongaronga in the riparian lowlands on the east coast between Toamasina and Mananjary. The name goes back to Charles Bricka who has used during the French colonial period as an administrative clerk for the very railway construction.

Staying in the seven- kilometer radius estimated 8800 people. The location of the place is given as 3 meters above sea level.

For traffic Ampasimanolotra is very well developed: in addition to the navigable Rianila the site is crossed by both the railway line between the two largest cities in Madagascar, Toamasina - Antananarivo (see rail transport in Madagascar ) and the National Road 2 ( RN2 ), both here bridge over the river. Ampasimanolotra is surrounded by very fertile land and lives primarily from the sugar cane cultivation as well as from the field, fruit and vegetable growing all around.

The steel truss bridge dates from 1955, combined on a level rail and car traffic and has a wingspan of 71 meters. Ampasimanolotra gained greater prominence in 2002, as the bridge was blocked by the inhabitants in the course of general unrest for several months and the people and prevented transport of goods between the two major cities of the country. Since then, the image of the place at that time for both contentious stock has suffered greatly.

In the years 2005 to 2008, the Hümmling High School in Soegel supported as part of a school sponsorship his partner - in Lycée Ampasimanolotra with a project to reforest destroyed Primärwaldungen in the amount of 15,000 euros, which had been ravaged by cyclones. This project was supported by the German Federal Environmental Foundation.

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• Location in Madagascar
• Atsinanana
• Place in Africa