Antsiranana the capital of North

Diégo Suarez) the capital of North is a city is built in damier.On finds there at the same time an intense volcanicity represented well by Tsaratanana and the Mountain of Amber as well as the plate of Ankarana. The bay of Antsiranana, a circumference of 156 km, with the reputation to be the second bay of the world after that of Rio. The port of Antsiranana is transformed into a building site of constructions and naval repairs. It is one of most significant of the Indian Ocean. It is also an active fishing port. On the agricultural level, except some modern plantations, the exploitation of the coffee, the cocoa, the ylang-ylang, the cane with sugar and the black pepper is the base of the economy of the area.