City profile · Madagascar · Africa
Mahajanga
City population
260,556
#4
in Madagascar
#1
in Boeny
#2,197
worldwide
-15.717, 46.317 · 378 km from Antananarivo
About Mahajanga
Mahajanga is a city in Boeny, Madagascar with a population of 260,556. It is the 4th largest of the 106 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Madagascar, and the 2,197th largest worldwide. It lies 378 km from Antananarivo.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 5
Elevation
20 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Indian/Antananarivo
Coordinates
-15.717, 46.317
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 106 in MadagascarClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.