Imerintsiatosika

Imerintsiatosika

Imerintsiatosika

Place in Itasy, Madagascar


Imerintsiatosika is a municipality in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Arivonimamo, which is a part of Itasy Region. It is localized at 30 km west from the capital of Antananarivo on the National Road No.1.[2] The population of the commune was estimated to be 69,953 in a 2019.

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36 fokontany (villages) belong to this municipality.

Primary and junior level secondary education are available in town. The majority 98% of the population of the commune are farmers, while an additional 1% receives their livelihood from raising livestock. The most important crop is rice, while other important products are vegetables, cassava and potatoes. Services provide employment for 1% of the population.[3]

There is a 240-metre-high (790 ft) radio station near Imeritsitosika. It belonged formerly to the NASA.[4]

In 2021 a prison of high security was inaugurated in Imeritsitosika.[5]

Rivers

The only river of the municipality is the Katsaoka that traverses it over a length of 12 km.[6]

Sports

  • Grenade FC Imerintsiatosika (football)[7]

Archeological sites

Antongona

The Rova Antongona and royal tomb, 6 km north of Imerintsiatosika.


References

  1. Estimated based on DEM data from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
  2. "ILO census data". Cornell University. 2002. Retrieved 2008-04-23.

18°59′S 47°19′E


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