Analavory 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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Miarinarivo Miarinarivo is a city (commune urbaine) in Itasy Region, in the Central Highlands of Madagascar. Miarinarivo is located at of Antananarivo and is the capital of Itasy Region as well as of its district. Education In Miarinarivo are situa ...

, 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 62,130 in 2018. Its location is closest to the

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Madagascar. Primary and junior level secondary education are available in town. It is also a site of industrial-scale mining. The majority 85% of the population of the commune are farmers. The most important crop is

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, while other important products are

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and

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. Services provide employment for 15% of the population. Geyser Pool

Some 12 km north-east from the town are located Analavory Geysers - four cold water geysers.

Roads

The national roads N1b, RN1b and RN43 make junction near or in the town of Analavory.

Rivers

Analavory lies at the

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. Also the

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, the forth mayor lake of Madagascar, is situated in this municipality.

Subfossil sites

Near Analavory lies the site of

Ampasambazimba Ampasambazimba is a mountain peak and subfossil site in Madagascar, most known for being the site of the remains of the extinct giant sloth lemur ''Archaeoindris''. Ampasambazimba is located at 1,036 meters above sea level. It was discovered i ...

where several subfossils of lemurs were discovered in the beginning of the 20th century.

References

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