Mitsinjo Betanimena is a municipality and a quarter of

Toliara Toliara (also known as ''Toliary'', ; formerly ''Tuléar'') is a city in southern Madagascar. It is the capital of the Atsimo-Andrefana region, located 936 km southwest of the national capital Antananarivo. The current spelling of the name ...

(Tuléar) in

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. It belongs to the

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of Toliara II, which is a part of

Atsimo-Andrefana Region Atsimo-Andrefana (South West) is a region of Madagascar. It borders Menabe in north, Amoron'i Mania and Haute Matsiatra in northeast, Ihorombe and Anosy in east and Androy in southeast. The capital is Toliara and the population was 1,799,088 in 2 ...

. The population of this municipality was estimated to be approximately 15,000 in 2001

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Geography

It is situated 4km north-west from

(Tuléar) on the

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Hospitals

The university's hospital, the CHU Mitsinjo Betanimena and the

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are situated in this municipality.L'Express.mg Echauffourées à Mitsinjo Benanimena
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References

Populated places in Atsimo-Andrefana {{AtsimoAndrefana-geo-stub