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Imerintsiatosika

Coordinates: 18°59′S 47°19′E / 18.983°S 47.317°E / -18.983; 47.317
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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
 • Total173 km2 (67 sq mi)
Elevation1,301 m (4,268 ft)
Population
 (2019)Census
 • Total69,953
 • 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

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

Sports

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  • Grenade FC Imerintsiatosika (football)[7]

Archeological sites

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Antongona

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

References

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  1. ^ Estimated based on DEM data from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
  2. ^ RAVELONJANAHARY Maminirina Tahirisoa. APPROVISIONNEMENT EN EAU, L’OR BLEU, RESSOURCE STRATÉGIQUE: CAS DE LA COMMUNE D’IMERINTSIATOSIKA
  3. ^ "ILO census data". Cornell University. 2002. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  4. ^ « E-talk » : L’histoire de la NASA à Madagascar avec Norbert Jaonarison
  5. ^ Madagascar Tribune
  6. ^ "ETUDE HYDROGEOLOGIQUE PAR APPROCHE MULTIDISCIPLINAIRE DU BASSIN VERSANT D'IMERINTSIATOSIKA, REGION ITASY, MADAGASCAR" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-11-12. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  7. ^ Grenade FC Imerintsiatosika

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