IlakakaMiners' huts and tailings dump near IlakakaMiners' huts and tailings dump near Ilakaka
Ilakaka is a small town in Ihorombe Region in the south western part of Madagascar. In the early 1990s there were only about 40 residents in the area. After the discovery of one of Earth's largest known alluvial sapphire deposits in the valley of the Ilakaka river in 1998, the population had boomed to nearly 60,000 in 2005. Since high profits are at stake, violence is common in the town.[1]
Ilakaka is a small town in Ihorombe Region in the south western part of Madagascar. In the early 1990s there were only about 40 residents in the area...
specifically its deposits in and around the town of Ilakaka. Prior to the opening of the Ilakaka mines, Australia was the largest producer of sapphires...
(Tanzania), Tsavo (Kenya) and in the gravels of Tunduru (Tanzania) and Ilakaka (Madagascar). Since 2000, in several locations around the world, spinels...
provides half of the world's supply of sapphires, which were discovered near Ilakaka in the late 1990s. Madagascar has one of the world's largest reserves of...
The population of the commune was 16,041 in 2018. The nearest towns are Ilakaka at 26 km and Ihosy 93 km distance. Ranohira is situated on the route nationale...
prostitution also occurs around the mining towns of the interior such as Ilakaka and Andilamena. It was estimated that there were 167,443 sex workers in...
floor is rich in minerals gemstones (about 200 km to the north lies the Ilakaka sapphire deposit has operated since 1999) and ground salt. More recently...
the discovery of world-class alluvial sapphire deposits in the valley of Ilakaka in Madagascar, many Ratnapura merchants travel out of the country to Madagascar...
(Ambondrona) CFFA (Andoharanofotsy) ASSM Elgeco Plus (Analamanga) Mama FCA (Ilakaka) Disciples FC (Antsirabe) Zanakala FC (Fianarantsoa) JET Kintana (Antananarivo)...
Modakeke, Lati d'ominira. Pelu awon agba mefa, A nj'oba l'ajeyika. B'ori ilakaka wa yi, A gb'ade t'o l'ogo. Itesiwaju l'a nle pa, A nna wo a nna ra. Emi...
prostitution also occurs around the mining towns of the interior such as Ilakaka and Andilamena. It was estimated that there were 167,443 sex workers in...
(Tuléar-Fianarantsoa) at 134 km from Tuléar, 64 km from Andranovory and 84 km from Ilakaka. It is situated at the Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park. Mining: there...
X Team M W D L FG OG GD P Qualification 1 FCA Ilakaka (Ihorombe) 5 3 2 0 7 2 +5 11 Division 1 2 3FB Toliara (Atsimo Andrefana) 5 3 1 1 9 3 +6 10 Division...
but Goodman and Ranivo suggested that it may instead have come from near Ilakaka. Two specimens, a male and a female, were collected at different localities...
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