''Route nationale 1'' (''RN 1'') is a primary highway 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 ...
of 234 km, running from
Analavory, Miarinarivo to
Tsiroanomandidy
Tsiroanomandidy is a city (''commune urbaine'') in central-western Madagascar, approximately 210 kilometres west of the Capital city, capital Antananarivo.
Tsiroanomandidy is the capital of Bongolava, Bongolava Region and of Tsiroanomandidy Distr ...
. It crosses the region of
Bongolava
Bongolava is a region in central-western Madagascar. The capital of the region is Tsiroanomandidy. It had a population of 674,474 in 2018.
Geography
The region is situated in central-western Madagascar. It is bordered by Betsiboka, Melaky, Men ...
and
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 ...
Selected locations on route
(east to west)
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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 ...
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Analavory - (intersection with
RN 1b and
RN 43)
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Miarinarivo
Miarinarivo is a city (''commune urbaine'') in Itasy Region, in the Central Highlands of Madagascar.
Miarinarivo is located from Antananarivo, and is the capital of Itasy Region as well as of its own district. It is crossed by National Roa ...
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Tsiroanomandidy
Tsiroanomandidy is a city (''commune urbaine'') in central-western Madagascar, approximately 210 kilometres west of the Capital city, capital Antananarivo.
Tsiroanomandidy is the capital of Bongolava, Bongolava Region and of Tsiroanomandidy Distr ...
- (intersection with
RN 1a to
Maintirano
Maintirano is a coastal city, urban municipality, and Catholic bishopric in western Madagascar approximately 325 kilometres west of the capital Antananarivo. It belongs to the Districts of Madagascar, district of Maintirano District, Maintirano, w ...
and
RN 1b)
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Belobaka
See also
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List of roads in Madagascar
This is a list of both the National roads and the provincial roads in Madagascar. Many are unpaved dirt roads, or insufficiently maintained. Only 6 000 km out off a total of 32 000 km are paved and mostly in a bad state of conversation.
National ...
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Transport in Madagascar
Paved and unpaved roadways, as well as railways, provide the main forms of transport in Madagascar. Madagascar has approximately of paved roads and 836 km of rail lines. In 2010, Madagascar had of navigable waterways.
Railways
In 2018, Madaga ...
References
{{Roads in Madagascar
Roads in Analamanga
Roads in Bongolava
Roads in Madagascar