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Diego Suarez Marañon es un niño nacido en Toledo de 2001 |
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[[Image:MG-Antsiranana.png|right|125px|Location of Antsiranana in Madagascar]] |
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[[File:Antsiranana Diego Suarez typical Arab-influenced architecture Madagascar.jpg|thumb|left|Arab- and Indian-influenced architecture in Antsiranana]] |
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'''Antsiranana''' ({{lang-mg|Antsiran̈ana}} {{IPA-mg|antsʲˈraŋanə̥}}), named ''Diego-Suarez'' prior to 1975, is a city at the northern tip of [[Madagascar]]. |
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Antsiranana is the capital of [[Diana, Madagascar|Diana]] Region. |
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==Transports== |
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[[File:Old container vsl.jpg|thumb|Container ship in Antsiranana harbour]] |
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Antsiranana has a natural harbour, but the remote location, and, until recently, a bad road to the south, has made it rather unimportant for freight traffic. |
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==History== |
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The place was named for [[Diogo Soares]], a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] navigator who visited the bay in 1543.<ref>Pierre Van Den Boogaerde, ''[http://books.google.es/books?id=I_S1D8cnTiEC&pg=PA40&dq=Soares+madagascar&hl=ca&ei=iFvuS67LEtDd-QayvKzeBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFMQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Soares%20madagascar&f=false Shipwrecks of Madagascar]'', p.40</ref> |
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In the 1880s, the [[Headlands and bays|bay]] was coveted by [[France]], which desired it as a [[coaling station]] for [[steamship]]s. After the first [[Franco-Hova War]], Queen [[Ranavalona III of Madagascar|Ranavalona III]] signed a treaty on December 17, 1885 giving France a protectorate over the bay and surrounding territory, as well as the islands of [[Nossi-Be]] and [[Ste. Marie de Madagascar]]. |
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The colony's administration was subsumed into that of Madagascar in 1896. |
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The Second Pacific Squadron of [[Imperial Russia]] anchored and was resupplied at Diego-Suarez on its way to the [[Battle of Tsushima]] in 1905. |
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[[File:Ships in harbour at Diego Suarez.jpg|thumb|Warships and British merchant ships in the Antsiranana harbour after the [[Vichy France|French]] had surrendered on 13 May 1942.]] |
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Diego Suárez was one of the points of invasion for [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] forces when they [[Battle of Madagascar|captured Madagascar]] during 1942. There were fears that Japan would pressure Vichy France into granting use of Madagascar in much the same way as [[French Indo-China]] during the previous year. Consequently an invasion of the island was launched. Diego Suarez was selected as the initial invasion point due to its superlative harbour and the fact that it was the seat of many important officials. This was also the site of an attack by [[Japan|Japanese]] midget submarines on the British fleet. |
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France continued to use the city as a military base after the Malagasy independence 1960 until the socialist revolution of 1973. |
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==Postage stamps== |
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{{Main|Postage stamps of Diego-Suárez}} |
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==References== |
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<references/> |
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==See also== |
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{{Commonscat|Antsiranana}} |
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* [[Antsiranana Bay]] |
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*[http://portcityskies.tawa.asia/2007/10/10/atlantis-loved-kilimanjaro-1/ ''Atlantis Loved Kilimanjaro''] |
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*[http://www.madacamp.com/Diego_Suarez Diego Suarez review] |
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{{Coord|12|16|S|49|17|E|region:MG_type:city|display=title}} |
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{{Diana Region}} |
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[[Category:Cities in Madagascar]] |
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[[Category:Populated places in Diana Region]] |
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[[Category:Regional capitals in Madagascar]] |
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[[Category:Former French colonies]] |
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Revision as of 22:26, 22 March 2013
Diego Suarez Marañon es un niño nacido en Toledo de 2001