The Sakalava are an ethnic group of Madagascar.

They are found on the western and northwest region of the island, in a band along the coast.

The Sakalava are one of the smaller ethnic groups, constituting about 6.2 percent of the total population, that is over 1,210,000 in 2014.

Their name means "people of the long valleys."

They occupy the western edge of the island from Toliara in the south to Sambirano in the north.