Ambatofinandrahana is a municipality in

Ambatofinandrahana District Ambatofinandrahana District is a district in central Madagascar. It is part of Amoron'i Mania Region. It coverts an area of 10,321.48 km2, and in 2013 its population was estimated at 155,470. Its capital is Ambatofinandrahana. Communes The distri ...

in central

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 ...

. It is a part of

Amoron'i Mania Amoron'i Mania is a region in central Madagascar bordering Vakinankaratra Region in north, Atsinanana in northeast, Vatovavy-Fitovinany in southeast, Haute Matsiatra in south, Atsimo-Andrefana in southwest and Menabe in west. The capital of the r ...

region.

Geography

This town lies at the Route nationale 35 from

Morondava Morondava (, from mg, morona lava "long coast") is a city located in Menabe Region, of which it is the capital, in Madagascar. It is located in the delta of the Morandava River at . Its population as of the 2018 census, was 53,510. Population T ...

to Ivato at 67 km from Ivato.

Nature

The protected area of the Massif d'Itremo. The Tapia forest of Ambatofinandrahana supplies the town with fruits, champignons and wild

silk Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The protein fiber of silk is composed mainly of fibroin and is produced by certain insect larvae to form cocoons. The best-known silk is obtained from the coc ...

Geology

The only quartzite and marble quarries of Madagascar are found within 40km from this town and there are found 7 qualities: green, pink, brown, cream, blue pastel, white and black.Ambatofinandrahana
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References

Populated places in Amoron'i Mania Geological type localities {{Amoron'iMania-geo-stub