Ankily is a rural municipality in

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. It belongs to the

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Ihosy Ihosy is a city (commune urbaine) with 39,556 inhabitants (2018) in Ihorombe Region in central south Madagascar. Ihosy is the capital of Ihorombe Region, as well as of the district of Ihosy District, Ihosy. Geography Ihosy is an important cross ...

, which is a part of Ihorombe Region. Only primary schooling is available. The majority 74% of the population of the commune are farmers, while an additional 10% receives their livelihood from raising livestock. The most important crop is

rice Rice is a cereal grain and in its Domestication, domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa. Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice)—or, much l ...

, while other important products are

peanut The peanut (''Arachis hypogaea''), also known as the groundnut, goober (US), goober pea, pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics by small and large ...

bean A bean is the seed of some plants in the legume family (Fabaceae) used as a vegetable for human consumption or animal feed. The seeds are often preserved through drying (a ''pulse''), but fresh beans are also sold. Dried beans are traditi ...

maize Maize (; ''Zea mays''), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain. It was domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 9,000 years ago from wild teosinte. Native American ...

and

cassava ''Manihot esculenta'', common name, commonly called cassava, manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes. Although ...

. Services provide employment for 1% of the population. Additionally fishing employs 15% of the population.

Geography

Ankily is situated at 4 km from

.CADRE DU PROGRAMME ACORDS, MOYEN POUR LA MISE EN PLACE DE LA DECENTRALISATIONCAS DES CINQ COMMUNES RURALES : Analaliry, Analavoka, Iakora
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References

Populated places in Ihorombe {{Ihorombe-geo-stub