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Where do the Betsimisaraka people mainly live in Madagascar?
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The Betsimisaraka people primarily inhabit the east-central and northeastern coastal regions of Madagascar. They reside along a narrow eastern coastal strip, where the terrain transitions from the coast into dense montane forests. As the second-largest ethnic group among the Malagasy peoples, they are historically and geographically associated with this eastern portion of the island.12