Toliara

Toliara Tuléar Toliary
Boulevard Galliéni
Toliara Location of Toliara in Madagascar
Coordinates: 23°21′S 43°40′E / 23.350°S 43.667°E / -23.350; 43.667
Country	Madagascar
Region	Atsimo-Andrefana
Government [1]
• Prefect	Lydore Solondraza
Area
• Total	32.1 km2 (12.4 sq mi)
Population  (2018 census)
• Total	168,756
• Density	5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
Postal code	601

Toliara (also known as Toliary, [tuliˈar]; formerly Tuléar) is a city in Madagascar.

It is the capital of the Atsimo-Andrefana region, located 936 km southwest of national capital Antananarivo.

The current spelling of the name was adopted in the 1970s, reflecting the orthography of the Malagasy language. Many geographic place names, assigned French spellings during the colonial period, were altered following Malagasy independence in 1960.

The city has a population of 168,758 in 2018.^[2] As a port town it acts as a major import/export hub for commodities such as sisal, soap, hemp, cotton, rice and peanuts.