Manandriana, also called Manandriana Avaradrano, is a 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
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. It belongs to the district of
Antananarivo-Avaradrano and its population numbers to 6,506 in 2019.
The economy is based on substantial agriculture.
Rice
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,
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 ...
, peanuts,
beans
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,
manioc
''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 ...
are the main crops.
Geography
It is situated on the paved provincial road
RIP 58A (Madagascar) to
Sabotsy Namehana
Sabotsy Namehana is a rural municipality in Analamanga Region, in the Central Highlands of Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Antananarivo Avaradrano and its populations numbers to 57,363 in 2018.
It is located along the National Road ...
(5km) and 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 ...
.
References
Monographie de la Commune
External links
Populated places in Analamanga
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