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Imerintsiatosika

Imerintsiatosika
Imerintsiatosika is located in Madagascar
Imerintsiatosika
Imerintsiatosika
Location in Madagascar
Coordinates: 18°59′S 47°19′E / 18.983°S 47.317°E / -18.983; 47.317
Country Madagascar
RegionItasy
DistrictArivonimamo
Area
 • Total
173 km2 (67 sq mi)
Elevation1,301 m (4,268 ft)
Population
 (2018)Census
 • Total
69,953
 • Ethnicities
Merina
Time zoneUTC3 (EAT)
Postal code
112

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 found to be 69,953 in the 2018 census.

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

18°59′S 47°19′E / 18.983°S 47.317°E / -18.983; 47.317