Ankazobe is a municipality in

Analamanga Analamanga is a region in central Madagascar, containing the capital Antananarivo and its surrounding metropolitan area. The region has an area of , and had a population of 4,325,226 in 2018. Administrative divisions Analamanga Region is divided i ...

Region, in the Central Highlands of

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. It is the administrative capital of Ankazobe District and is situated at 75 km north of the capital

Antananarivo Antananarivo (Malagasy language, Malagasy: ; French language, French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana (), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known ...

(94 km by RN 4).

Infrastructure

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from

Mahajanga Mahajangā (French: Majunga) is a city and an administrative district on the northwest coast of Madagascar. The city of Mahajanga (Mahajanga I) is the capital of the Boeny Region. The district (identical to the city) had a population of 258,068 ...

. * Route d'Interet Provinciale 40T (RIP 40T) from the RN 4/Ankazobe to Talata-Angavo

Epidemics

In November 2022 the pest had been reported from this municipality.

Killing of Ankazobe

Only few months earlier in August 2022 the killing of Ankazobe took place. 35 people of this village were locked up in a cabin that was set on fire by some ''dahalo'' (bandits).

Nature reserves

The Ambohitantely Special Reserve is situated at 30 km in the North-East of the town.Lemurs of Madagascar
/ref> The region of Ankazobe is also home of the critically endangered tree '' Schizolaena tampoketsana'' and the frog '' Anilany helenae''.

References

Populated places in Analamanga {{Analamanga-geo-stub