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Alaotra Mangoro
Alaotra-Mangoro is a region in eastern Madagascar. It borders Sofia Region in north, Analanjirofo in northeast, Atsinanana in east, Vakinankaratra in southwest, Analamanga in west and Betsiboka in northwest. The capital of the region is Ambatondrazaka, and the population was 1,255,514 in 2018. The area of the region is . Administrative divisions Alaotra-Mangoro Region is divided into five districts, which are sub-divided into 82 communes. * Ambatondrazaka District - 20 communes * Amparafaravola District - 21 communes * Andilamena District - 8 communes * Anosibe An'ala District - 11 communes * Moramanga District - 22 communes Population The region is mainly populated by the Sihanaka in the north, and the Bezanozano in the south. Other minorities are present, notably the Merina. Economy Agriculture With 120.000 ha of planted surface, the region constitutes the main rice basin of Madagascar. Other crops cover manioc (175.000 tonnes), potatoes (49.000 tonnes), corn (50.000 tonnes) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambatondrazaka
Ambatondrazaka () is a city (commune urbaine) in Madagascar Ambatondrazaka is also the capital of the Alaotra-Mangoro region and the Ambatondrazaka District. Geography The city is situated south of Alaotra, the greatest lake in Madagascar. History The oral history states the town was founded by Randriambololona and children. The recorded history of the town begins with Radama I of Madagascar. Religion The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ambatondrazaka (Cathedral of the Holy Trinity). Transport The city is at the MLA (Moramanga-Lac Alaotra) railway. There is also an airport. The Route nationale 44 links the city with Moramanga (at 158 km) in the south and Imerimandroso - Amboavory. Population Agriculture Ambatondrazaka is a tobacco producing area in Madagascar. Some 2240 farmers in this region plant tobacco. It is also known for its cultivation of rice. See also *Railway stations in Madagascar List of Railway stations in Madagascar include: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moramanga District
Moramanga District is a district in the Alaotra-Mangoro region in Madagascar. Its capital is Moramanga. It is situated between the capital Antananarivo and the east coast on the crossroad of RN 2 and RN 44. The name of Moranmanga originates from the slave trade. To differ them from other social classes, they were dressed in blue or ''manga''. As they were among the cheapest (''mora'') in Africa, it became Moramanga. People Moramanga is also the capital city of the Bezanozano people (one of the eighteen Ethnic groups of Madagascar). Communes The district is further divided into 22 communes: * Ambatovola * Amboasary Gara * Ambohidronono * Ampasipotsy Gare * Ampasipotsy Mandialaza * Andaingo * Andasibe * Anosibe Ifody * Antanandava * Antaniditra * Beforona * Belavabary * Beparasy * Fierenana * Lakato * Mandialaza * Moramanga * Moramanga Suburbaine * Morarano Gare * Sabotsy Anjiro * Vodiriana Transports The national road RN 2 connects the city with Antananarivo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andilamena
Andilamena is a rural commune in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Andilamena, which is a part of Alaotra-Mangoro Region. The population of the commune was 37,229 in 2018. In addition to primary schooling the town offers secondary education at both junior and senior levels. The town provides access to hospital services to its citizens. The majority 65% of the population of the commune are farmers, while an additional 10% receives their livelihood from raising livestock. The most important crop is rice, while other important products are peanuts, maize and cassava ''Manihot esculenta'', common name, commonly called cassava (), manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America. Although a perennial plant, cassava is extensively .... Industry and services provide employment for 1% and 24% of the population, respectively. History Andilamena, it is at this place, in October 2000, where an impor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambatovy Mine
The Ambatovy mine is large nickel and cobalt mine located in Madagascar, off the east coast of Africa. It is currently active, and the largest mine in the country. Ownership and operations Several exploration permits for the site were acquired by Phelps Dodge in 1995. In 2004 and 2005 Phelps Dodge sold its interest in the project to Dynatec Mining Limited. The mine was set up in 2007 by Dynatec Mining Limited, a Canadian company, backed by international development groups including the European Investment Bank. Sherritt International acquired Dynatec and later handed over majority control of the mine to the Japanese Sumitomo Corporation. The rest of equity in the mine is held by a South Korean consortium lead by the state-owned ''Korea Mine Rehabilitation and Mineral Resources Corporation'' (KOMIR), as well as STX Corporation and POSCO. Until 2020, when it halted production due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Madagascar, the mine was producing 5,600 tonnes of refined cobalt and almo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moramanga
Moramanga is a city (commune urbaine) in Madagascar. It is located in the region Alaotra-Mangoro and the Moramanga District. It has a population of 57084 inhabitants (2018). It is situated between the capital Antananarivo and the east coast on the crossroad of Route nationale 2 (Madagascar), RN 2 and Route nationale 44 (Madagascar), RN 44. The name of Moranmanga originates from the slave trade. To differ them from other social classes, they were dressed in blue or ''manga''. As they were among the cheapest (''mora'') in Africa, it became Moramanga. People Moramanga is also the capital city of the Bezanozano people (one of the eighteen Ethnic groups of Madagascar). Geography Moramanga is situated on a plateau between the central highlands and the east coast. Transports The national road Route nationale 2 (Madagascar), RN 2 connects the city with Antananarivo (115 km) and Toamasina (254 km), the Route nationale 44 (Madagascar), Route nationale 44 to Ambatondrazaka (157 km), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nickel
Nickel is a chemical element with symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge. Nickel is a hard and ductile transition metal. Pure nickel is chemically reactive but large pieces are slow to react with air under standard conditions because a passivation layer of nickel oxide forms on the surface that prevents further corrosion. Even so, pure native nickel is found in Earth's crust only in tiny amounts, usually in ultramafic rocks, and in the interiors of larger nickel–iron meteorites that were not exposed to oxygen when outside Earth's atmosphere. Meteoric nickel is found in combination with iron, a reflection of the origin of those elements as major end products of supernova nucleosynthesis. An iron–nickel mixture is thought to compose Earth's outer and inner cores. Use of nickel (as natural meteoric nickel–iron alloy) has been traced as far back as 3500 BCE. Nickel was first isolated and classified as an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zebu
The zebu (; ''Bos indicus'' or ''Bos taurus indicus''), sometimes known in the plural as indicine cattle or humped cattle, is a species or subspecies of domestic cattle originating in the Indian sub-continent. Zebu are characterised by a fatty hump on their shoulders, a large dewlap, and sometimes drooping ears. They are well adapted to withstanding high temperatures, and are farmed throughout the tropical countries, both as pure zebu and as hybrids with taurine cattle, the other main type of domestic cattle. Zebu are used as draught and riding animals, dairy cattle, and beef cattle, as well as for byproducts such as hides and dung for fuel and manure. Some small breeds such as the miniature zebu are also kept as pets. In 1999, researchers at Texas A&M University successfully cloned a zebu. In some regions, such as parts of India, cattle, especially zebu, have significant religious meaning. Taxonomy and name The scientific name ''Bos indicus'' was introduced by Carl Linnae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maize
Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. The leafy stalk of the plant produces pollen inflorescences (or "tassels") and separate ovuliferous inflorescences called ears that when fertilized yield kernels or seeds, which are fruits. The term ''maize'' is preferred in formal, scientific, and international usage as a common name because it refers specifically to this one grain, unlike ''corn'', which has a complex variety of meanings that vary by context and geographic region. Maize has become a staple food in many parts of the world, with the total production of maize surpassing that of wheat or rice. In addition to being consumed directly by humans (often in the form of masa), maize is also used for corn ethanol, animal feed and other maize products, such as corn starch and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potatoes
The potato is a starchy food, a tuber of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'' and is a root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern United States to southern Chile. The potato was originally believed to have been domesticated by Native Americans independently in multiple locations,University of Wisconsin-Madison, ''Finding rewrites the evolutionary history of the origin of potatoes'' (2005/ref> but later genetic studies traced a single origin, in the area of present-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia. Potatoes were domesticated there approximately 7,000–10,000 years ago, from a species in the ''Solanum brevicaule'' complex. Lay summary: In the Andes region of South America, where the species is indigenous, some close relatives of the potato are cultivated. Potatoes were introduced to Europe from the Americas by the Spanish in the second half of the 16th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manioc
''Manihot esculenta'', commonly called cassava (), manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America. Although a perennial plant, cassava is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root, a major source of carbohydrates. Though it is often called ''yuca'' in parts of Spanish America and in the United States, it is not related to yucca, a shrub in the family Asparagaceae. Cassava is predominantly consumed in boiled form, but substantial quantities are used to extract cassava starch, called tapioca, which is used for food, animal feed, and industrial purposes. The Brazilian farinha, and the related ''garri'' of West Africa, is an edible coarse flour obtained by grating cassava roots, pressing moisture off the obtained grated pulp, and finally drying it (and roasting both in the case of farinha and garri). Cassava is the third-largest so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rice
Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima ''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown in West Africa around 3,000 years ago. In agriculture, it has largely been replaced by higher-yielding Asian r ...'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera ''Zizania (genus), Zizania'' and ''Porteresia'', both wild and domesticated, although the term may also be used for primitive or uncultivated varieties of ''Oryza''. As a cereal, cereal grain, domesticated rice is the most widely consumed staple food for over half of the world's World population, human population,Abstract, "Rice feeds more than half the world's population." especially in Asia and Africa. It is the agricultural commodity with the third-highest worldwide production, after sugarcane and maize. Since sizable portions of sugarcane and ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
