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Hell-Ville

Also known as Andoany

Hell-Ville, officially Andoany, is the main town of the island of Nosy Be off north-western Madagascar. It was named after Admiral Anne Chrétien Louis de Hell, governor of Bourbon (Réunion), under whom France took possession of Nosy Be in 1841. It is a port and the centre of the island's tourism and of its production of vanilla, sugar and the perfume plant ylang-ylang.

Hell-Ville
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Hell-Ville. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/hell-ville
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