Ambatomanga is a town and commune in

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 belongs to the

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Arivonimamo Arivonimamo is a city (commune urbaine) in Itasy Region, in the Central Highlands of Madagascar. Arivonimamo is connected by the National Road No.1 to Antananarivo (50 km in the east) and Tsiroanomandidy (west). The Antananarivo international ...

, which is a part of

Itasy Region Itasy is a region in central Madagascar. It borders Analamanga region in northeast, Vakinankaratra in south and Bongolava in northwest. The capital of the region is Miarinarivo, and the population was 897,962 in 2018. It is the smallest of all the ...

. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 11,000 in 2001 commune

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. Primary and junior level secondary education are available in town. The majority 99% of the population of the commune are farmers. The most important crops are

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and

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; also

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is an important agricultural product. Services provide employment for 1% of the population.

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Populated places in Itasy Region {{Itasy-geo-stub