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<googlemap version="0.9" lat="-13.688688" lon="48.450737" type="satellite" zoom="12" controls="large">-13.687854, 48.452454Sambirano River, where it runs through [[Ambanja]]</googlemap> Malagasy cocoa has special characteristics due to the particular climate and soil along the Sambirano river. The cocoa harvest grown in this the region contains about 10% percent Criollo beans (cocoa grown elsewhere usually contains about 5%five percent). Cocoa harvested from Sambirano cocoa is generally suited for high quality, low bitterness dark chocolate and is used in by premium quality [[Madagascar Chocolate|Malagasy chocolate]] brands such as [[Chocolaterie Robert]] and [[Cinagra]].
'''Sambirano is an area in the north west of Madagascar, which is especially known for the production of high quality cocoa known as the "green gold" of Sambirano. The name also refers to the Sambirano River that flows from the [[Tsaratanana Massif]] into the Ampasindava Bay where it joins with Ramena river, south of [[Ambanja]].'''
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-13.687854, 48.452454
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 microclimate
and July, October and 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. -->
== Further information ==
