Sahambavy 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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Lalangina Lalangina is a district of Haute Matsiatra in Madagascar. Communes The district is further divided into 13 communes: * Alakamisy Ambohimaha * Alatsinainy Ialamarina * Ambalakely * Ambalamahasoa * Andrainjato Centre * Andrainjato Est * Androy, Fi ...

, which is a part of

Haute Matsiatra Region Haute Matsiatra (in Malagasy: Matsiatra Ambony) is a region in Madagascar. It borders Amoron'i Mania region in north, Vatovavy-Fitovinany in east, Ihorombe in south and Atsimo-Andrefana in west. The capital of the region is Fianarantsoa, and the p ...

. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 19.403 in 2018. Primary and junior level secondary education are available in town. The majority 58% of the population of the commune are farmers, while an additional 30% receives their livelihood from raising livestock. The most important crops is

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, while other important agricultural products are

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and

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es. Industry and services provide employment for 10% and 2% of the population, respectively. Unique plantation of

tea Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of '' Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and northe ...

in Madagascar is situated in this commune. It covers almost 500 hectares. The main part of the production is exported to

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. It has been set up in 1970.www.acords.org
(in French)

Geography

It lies at the Fianarantsoa-Côte Est railway that links the town with

Fianarantsoa Fianarantsoa is a city (commune urbaine) in south central Madagascar, and is the capital of Haute Matsiatra Region. History It was built in the early 19th century by the Merina as the administrative capital for the newly conquered Betsileo king ...

and

Manakara Manakara is a city in Madagascar. It is the capital Fitovinany Region and of the district of Manakara Atsimo. The city is located at the east coast near the mouth of the Manakara River and has a small port. The bridge over the Manakara River t ...

References and notes

Populated places in Haute Matsiatra {{HauteMatsiatra-geo-stub