The name Mora-manga literally means �cheap mangoes�. The city of
Moramanga has an important place in the history of Madagascar. It was in
Moramanga, on the night of the 29th of March 1947 that the Malagasy
uprising against French colonial rule started. Moramanga is also the
capital city of the Bezanozano tribe (one of the eighteen tribes in
Madagascar).
Moramanga is in the Alaotra-Mangoro region