Analamanga

Analamanga Region
Region
Location in Madagascar
Coordinates: 18°56′24″S 47°31′12″E
Country	Madagascar
Capital	Antananarivo
Government
• Type	[1]
• Gouvernor	Hery Rasoamaromaka
Area
• Total	17,488 km^2 (6,752 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[2]
• Total	4,325,226
• Density	250/km^2 (640/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
HDI (2018)	0.633[3] medium · 1st of 22
Website	gouvernoratanalamanga.mg

Analamanga is a region in central Madagascar, containing the capital Antananarivo and its surrounding metropolitan area. The region has an area of 17,488 square kilometres (6,752 square miles), and had a population of 4,325,226 in 2018.^[4]

Administrative divisions

Analamanga Region is divided into eight districts, which are sub-divided into 140 communes.

• Ambohidratrimo District - 24 communes
• Andramasina District - 14 communes
• Anjozorobe District - 18 communes
• Ankazobe District - 15 communes
• Antananarivo-Atsimondrano District - 26 communes
• Antananarivo-Avaradrano District - 16 communes
• Antananarivo-Renivohitra District - 1 commune; the city of Antananarivo
• Manjakandriana District - 23 communes

Geography

The region extends mainly towards the north of the capital. It is bordered by Betsiboka to the north, Bongolava and Itasy to the west, Alaotra Mangoro to the east, and Vakinankaratra to the south.

Rivers

The main rivers are the Betsiboka River and the Ikopa River.

Major lakes

Lake Mantasoa (1375 ha) and Tsiazompaniry (2333 ha).

Transport

Roads

The capital, Antananarivo is linked with several national roads:

• National Road 2 leads eastwards to Toamasina
• National Road 4 leads northwards to Mahajunga and Diego Suarez.
• National Road 7 leads southwards to Antsirabe and Fianarantsoa.
• National Road 1 leads westwards to Tsiroanomandidy and Maintirano.

Railroads

Two railroad lines exist, though there is no passenger transport: the line to Antsirabe (158 km), and the line to Toamasina (371km).

Airport

• Antananarivo airport

Protected Areas

• Anjozorobe-Angavo Reserve
• Ambohitantely Reserve.

Sports

• COSPN Analamanga - basketball
• ASSM Elgeco Plus - football, Malagasy champions 1971, 1978
• USJF Ravinala - football
• AS Saint Michel - football
• BTM Antananarivo - football
• COSFAP Antananarivo - football, Malagasy champions 1988
• DSA Antananarivo - football, Malagasy champions 1997 and 1998
• Tana FC Formation - football
• AS Adema - football, Malagasy champions 2002, 2006, 2012, 2021
• Japan Actuel's FC - football, Malagasy champions in 2011
• Ajesaia - football, Malagasy champions in 2007 and 2009
• SO Emyrne - football, Malagasy champions in 2001

See also

• Antananarivo Province

References

1. EBDM
2. Region Analamanga
3. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
4. "Troisieme Recensement General de la Population et de L'Habitation (RGPH-3) Resultats Provisoires" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique Madagascar. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 18, 2020. Retrieved May 23, 2020.

• Monographie Region Analamanga

External links

• Plan Régional de Développement, Région Analamanga Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine with a presentation (in French).