Mitsinjo Betanimena is a municipality and a quarter of

Toliara Toliara (also known as ''Toliary'', ; formerly ''Tuléar'') is a city in Madagascar. It is the capital of the Atsimo-Andrefana region, located 936 km southwest of national capital Antananarivo. The current spelling of the name was adopted ...

(Tuléar) in

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. It belongs to the

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Toliara II Toliara (also known as ''Toliary'', ; formerly ''Tuléar'') is a city in Madagascar. It is the capital of the Atsimo-Andrefana region, located 936 km southwest of national capital Antananarivo. The current spelling of the name was adopted ...

, which is a part of

Atsimo-Andrefana Region Atsimo-Andrefana is a region of Madagascar. It borders Menabe in north, Amoron'i Mania and Haute Matsiatra in northeast, Ihorombe and Anosy in east and Androy in southeast. The capital is Toliara and the population was 1,799,088 in 2018. Atsimo ...

. The population of this municipality was estimated to be approximately 15,000 in 2001

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Geography

It is situated 4km north-west from

(Tuléar) on the National road 9.

Hospitals

The university's hospital, the

CHU Mitsinjo Betanimena Chu or CHU may refer to: Chinese history * Chu (state) (c. 1030 BC–223 BC), a state during the Zhou dynasty * Western Chu (206 BC–202 BC), a state founded and ruled by Xiang Yu * Chu Kingdom (Han dynasty) (201 BC–70 AD), a kingdom of the H ...

and the

University of Toliara The University of Toliara is historically the oldest center for higher education, founded in 1971 after the decentralization of the University of Madagascar center. The university campus is located in Maninday 5 km east of the city of Toliara, ...

are situated in this municipality.L'Express.mg Echauffourées à Mitsinjo Benanimena
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References

Populated places in Atsimo-Andrefana {{AtsimoAndrefana-geo-stub