Arivonimamo is a city (commune urbaine) in
Itasy 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 ...
.
Arivonimamo is connected by the
National Road No.1 to
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 ...
(50 km in the east) and
Tsiroanomandidy (west). The Antananarivo international airport was there until replaced by
Ivato
Ivato is a town and commune in Madagascar. It belongs to the Districts of Madagascar, district of Ambohidratrimo District, Ambohidratrimo (district), which is a part of Analamanga Region.
It lies North from the capital Antananarivo and the Ivato ...
in 1967. Now it is an
airbase
An air base (sometimes referred to as a military air base, military airfield, military airport, air station, naval air station, air force station, or air force base) is an aerodrome used as a military base by a military force for the operation ...
.
It borders to the communes of
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 ...
in the west,
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 ...
and the
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 North-east.
Climate
Sports
The
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
club of Arivonimamo is ''RDN Arivonimamo''
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See also
* Betafo, a fokontany within Arivonimamo.
*Vatolaivy Vatolaivy is a small village in Arivonimamo, west of Antananarivo, Madagascar.
There are catholic and Protestant churches, a primary school, shops, a market place, a hostel and restaurant, and a sport area.
Around this little village there are plo ...
References
Populated places in Itasy Region
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