Tôlaaro

Tôlaaro

formerly  Faradofay , or  Taolanaro , or  Fort-Dauphin 

      town, southeastern tip of Madagascar. It was settled temporarily between 1504 and 1528 by shipwrecked Portuguese sailors. The French built a fort there in 1643, and Étienne de Flacourt wrote his descriptive Histoire de la Grande Isle de Madagascar there in 1661. A port on the Indian Ocean, Tôlaaro handles exports of dried fish, lumber, cattle, sisal, waxes, beans, peanuts (groundnuts), and other foodstuffs. It serves as the outlet for large sisal and castor-oil plantations. Its extensive beaches make it a holiday resort. Pop. (2001 est.) 39,000.

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