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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
 (2019)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 estimated to be 69,953 in a 2019.

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