Waterford ou Diego Suarez
Developing Antsirananas'est three steps. It gave rise to the old town and the new ville.Tout as its name, Antomboko has undergone various changes over temps.Ce Antakarana word means "instead holed". It is a way of describing the natural bay of Diego Suarez that spans 156 km côtes.Cette Bay is the largest in the world after Rio de Janeiro. It also consists of four bays namely Welsh Ass Bag, the white Pebbles Bay, Thunder Bay and the Bay of French.
A little history
It was in the French Mountain archaeologists discovered the first human presence remains dating from the seventh century. This hill gives a great view of the bay and its French sugar loaf.
The left side of the Bay of French houses the promontory town of Diego Suarez. To his right is the peninsula of narrow pass Orangea.Une connects this piece of land, also called the Sand nose, NosyVolana in literal translation "the island of the moon". this pass, and the waterfront, was the subject of military installations. Orangea then became a base for the French fleet in the Indian Ocean 1898, to become, in 1900, military territory under the command of Colonel Joseph Joffre. From the name of this officer was fired the city name at the foot of the Amber Mountain. This mountain is a protected area, an inescapable nature reserve, worth visiting. Joffreville, one of the gates of the National Amber Mountain Park, it is located at 32 km du port d'Antsirane.
decidedly, the French have greatly contributed to the history of this city discovered in 1500 by Portuguese explorers, which earned him the name of Diego Suarez, because even the current name "Antsirane" is the name Anglicized Antsiranana which means "port".
