Ambondromamy is a town and commune ( mg, kaominina) in

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. It belongs to the

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Ambato-Boeni Ambato-Boeni is a district of Boeny in Madagascar. Communes The district is further divided into 11 communes: * Ambato Ambarimay * Ambondromamy * Andranofasika * Andranomamy Andranomamy is a town and commune ( mg, kaominina) in Madagascar. I ...

, which is a part of

Boeny Region Boeny is a region in northwestern Madagascar. It borders Sofia Region to the northeast, Betsiboka to the south and Melaky to the southwest. The capital of the region is Mahajanga, and the population was 931,171 in 2018. The area of Boeny is . Ad ...

. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 8,000 in 2001 commune

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. Primary and junior level secondary education are available in town. The majority 60% of the population of the commune are farmers, while an additional 30% receives their livelihood from raising livestock. The most important crop is

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s, while other important products are

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and

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es. Services provide employment for 5% of the population. Additionally fishing employs 5% of the population.

Geography

Ambondromamy is situated at the intersection of the

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(to

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) and RN 4 (

Mahajanga Mahajanga (French: Majunga) is a city and an administrative district on the northwest coast of Madagascar. The city of Mahajanga (Mahajanga I) is the capital of the Boeny Region. The district (identical to the city) had a population of 220,629 i ...

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Fossils

Some species of dinausaurs were discovert in Ambondromamy.

References and notes

Populated places in Boeny {{Boeny-geo-stub