Malaimbandy is a municipality 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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Mahabo Mahabo is a city (commune urbaine) in the Menabe Region, Western Madagascar. It has a population of 35,532 in 2018. Geography This town lies on the Route nationale 35 from Morondava Morondava (, from mg, morona lava "long coast") is a city l ...

, which is a part of

Menabe Region Menabe is a region in western Madagascar, with its capital at Morondava. It covers an area of , and its population was 700,577 in 2018. The population mostly belongs to the Sakalava ethnic group. The region is named after the 18th-century Sakalava ...

. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 26,000 in 2001 commune

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. Malaimbandy is just served by a local

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. Primary and junior level secondary education are available in town. The majority 70% 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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, while other important products are

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and

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Geography

This town lies at the intersection of the

Route nationale 35 Route or routes may refer to: * Route (gridiron football), a path run by a wide receiver * route (command), a program used to configure the routing table * Route, County Antrim, an area in Northern Ireland * ''The Route'', a 2013 Ugandan film * Ro ...

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 ...

Ivato, Ambositra Ivato or Ivato Centre is a town and commune in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Ambositra, which is a part of Amoron'i Mania Region. Geography This town lies at the intersection of the Route nationale 35 to Morondava and the Route natio ...

and the Route nationale 34 to

Miandrivazo Miandrivazo is a town and commune ( mg, kaominina) in Madagascar. It is situated at the Mahajilo River and belongs to the district of Miandrivazo, which is a part of Menabe Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 1 ...

. It is located at a distance of 280 km to

, 176 km to

, 77 km to

Ankilizato, Mahabo Ankilizato is a town and commune ( mg, kaominina) in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Mahabo, which is a part of Menabe Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 23,000 in 2001 commune census. Geography T ...

and 72 km from

Mandrosonoro Mandrosonoro is a town and commune in Madagascar. It belongs to the Districts of Madagascar, district of Ambatofinandrahana District, Ambatofinandrahana, which is a part of Amoron'i Mania Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be a ...

.Atlas Mondial, France Loisir, page 159 This municipality is located at the

Sakeny River The Sakeny River is a river in Western Madagascar. It is a tributary of the Tsiribihina River. The Sakeny originates on the northern Makay Massif in northern Beroroha District of Atsimo-Andrefana Region. It flows northward through the north–sou ...

References and notes

Populated places in Menabe {{Menabe-geo-stub