Mahitsy is rural 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

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 ...

. In the 2001 census, it had a population of 26,056. Mahitsy is localized at the RN 4 from Antananrivo to

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 ...

Economy

About 40% of the eggs consumed in Madagascar are from farms of the surroundings of Mahitsy.

Infrastructure

There is a hydroelectric power plant near Mahitsy on the Farahantsana river. It has a capacity of 28MW.MADAGASCAR : la centrale hydroélectrique de Farahantsana (28 MW) entre en service
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References

Populated places in Analamanga {{Analamanga-geo-stub