Kianjavato is a rural 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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Mananjary Mananjary is a city on the East coast of Madagascar with a population of 25,222 inhabitants in 2018. It is the chief town of the Mananjary district and the Vatovavy region. It contains a town of the same name, situated on the southern part of the ...

, which is a part of

Vatovavy Vatovavy is a region of Madagascar. Its capital is Mananjary, Fianarantsoa, Mananjary. It was created by dividing the former region of Vatovavy-Fitovinany on 16 June 2021. Cyclone Batsirai made landfall at Mananjary in 2022, leaving 90 percent of ...

. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 5,000 in 2001 commune

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. Primary and junior level secondary education are available in town. The majority 99.5% of the population of the commune are farmers. The most important crops are

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s and

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; also

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is an important agricultural product. Services provide employment for 0.5% of the population. Kianjavato is situated alongside the National Road 25 that leads from

Fianarantsoa Fianarantsoa is a city (commune urbaine) in south central Madagascar, and is the capital of Haute Matsiatra Region. History It was built in the early 19th century by the Merina as the administrative capital for the newly conquered Betsileo kin ...

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Populated places in Vatovavy {{Vatovavy-geo-stub