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'''Sambava is a town and district on the east coast of Madagascar and the capital of the SAVA region. Sambava, along with [[Antalaha]] and [[Andapa]], is the centre of vanilla production and the source of most of the world's vanilla export.'''
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Almost half of the population in the Sambava region live from farming and raising livestock. The most common acricultures agricultures are [[Madagascar Vanilla|vanilla]], coconut and rice farming. Sambava, along with [[Antalaha]] and [[Andapa]], is the centre of vanilla production and the source of most of the world's vanilla export.
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Activities include a visit to a vanilla plantation and one of the many processing facilities to learn about traditional vanilla production, a guided tour of the [[Soavoanio]] coconut plantation, a visit to Antogopahitra (a small boat across the creek [[Antongompahitra]] and [[Bemanevika]]. Small boats leaves from behind Maison Ravelo /[[Tandramena]] at Antaimby)and costs 1,000 Ar across the creek with motorcycle taxis offered from there. This is a shortcut to reach [[Beamanevika]] and [[Bemarivo]].
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