Analamisampy is a municipality in

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

. It belongs to the

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of Toliara II, which is a part of

Atsimo-Andrefana Region Atsimo-Andrefana (South West) is a region of Madagascar. It borders Menabe in north, Amoron'i Mania and Haute Matsiatra in northeast, Ihorombe and Anosy in east and Androy in southeast. The capital is Toliara and the population was 1,799,088 in 2 ...

. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 23,000 in 2001 commune

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. It is 107 km north of Toliara (Tuléar) and it regroups 17 fokontany (villages).LA COMMUNE RURALE D'ANALAMISAMPY
/ref> The principal tribe in the area are the

Masikoro The Masikoro are a group of farmers and herders who inhabit areas surrounding the Mikea Forest, a patch of mixed spiny forest and dry deciduous forest along the coast of southwestern Madagascar in Toliara Province. Along with Vezo and Mikea, th ...

. Primary and junior level secondary education are available in town. The majority 54% of the population of the commune are farmers, while an additional 44% receives their livelihood from raising livestock. The most important crop is

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and

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. Services provide employment for 2% of the population.

Roads

The municipality is crossed by the RN9 from

Toliara Toliara (also known as ''Toliary'', ; formerly ''Tuléar'') is a city in southern Madagascar. It is the capital of the Atsimo-Andrefana region, located 936 km southwest of the national capital Antananarivo. The current spelling of the name ...

(Tulear) to

Mandabe Mandabe is a town and commune () in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Mahabo, which is a part of Menabe Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 27,000 in the 2001 commune census. Mandabe Airport serves the ...

References

Populated places in Atsimo-Andrefana {{AtsimoAndrefana-geo-stub