Manjakatompo is a town and commune in
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
. It belongs to the
district
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of
Ambatolampy
Ambatolampy is a city (commune urbaine) in the Vakinankaratra Region, situated in the Central Highlands of Madagascar. It had a population of about 28,500 in 2013.
It is the administrative capital of the district of the same name, and is situa ...
, which is a part of
Vakinankaratra Region Vakinankaratra is a region in central Madagascar. The capital of the region is Antsirabe. Vakinankaratra covers an area of , and had a population of 2,074,358 in 2018.
History
The kingdom of Vakinankaratra, known as the kingdom of the river Andra ...
. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 6,000 in 2001 commune
census
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.
The town is situated near the
Ankaratra
Ankaratra is a cinder cone volcano range located about southwest of Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar. It lies between the towns of Arivonimamo to the north, Ambatolampy to the east, Faratsiho to the west and Betafo to the south. It is ...
massif and the third highest peak of Madagascar, the Mount
Tsiafajavona (2643 meters).
There is a forest station near the town covering 8320 ha.
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References and notes
Populated places in Vakinankaratra
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