Ambohimahasoa District is a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
in central
Madagascar
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. It is part of
Haute Matsiatra
Haute Matsiatra (in Malagasy: Matsiatra Ambony) is a region in Madagascar. It borders Amoron'i Mania region in north, Vatovavy-Fitovinany in east, Ihorombe in south and Atsimo-Andrefana in west. The capital of the region is Fianarantsoa, and the ...
Region
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. Its capital is
Ambohimahasoa.
Communes
The district is further divided into 17 communes:
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Ambalakindresy
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Ambatosoa
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Ambohimahasoa
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Ambohinamboarina
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Ampitana
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Ankafina-Tsarafidy
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Ankerana
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Befeta
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Camp Robin
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Fiadanana
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Isaka
Isaka is a small town and station on the narrow-gauge Tanzania Railways, Mwanza railway line of Tanzania which connects to the seaport of Dar es Salaam.
Transport
It is located in Kahama Rural District of Shinyanga Region. In the 1980s a dr ...
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Ikalalao
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Manandroy
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Morafeno
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Sahatona
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Sahave
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Vohiposa
Roads
The district is crossed by two national roads: the
National road 7 and the
National road 25.
References
{{Haute Matsiatra Region
Districts of Haute Matsiatra