Alarobia Vatosola is a rural commune in
Analamanga Analamanga is a region in central Madagascar, containing the capital Antananarivo and its surrounding metropolitan area. The region has an area of , and had a population of 3,618,128 in 2018.
Administrative divisions
Analamanga Region is divided in ...
Region, in the
Central Highlands of
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
in the
district of Andramasina. It is located at 70 km south-east of
Antananarivo
Antananarivo ( French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana, is the capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known as Antananarivo-Renivohitra ("Antananarivo-Mother Hill" or "An ...
. It counts a population of 14,777 in 2018.
Economy
The economy is based on substantial agriculture.
90% of the population of the commune are farmers. The main crop is
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 i ...
. The region is one of the main suppliers of
foie gras in Madagascar.
Caractérisation des virus de la maladie de Newcastle (APMV-1), circulant sur les hautes terres de Madagascar
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Populated places in Analamanga
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