Sabotsy Anjiro

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Sabotsy Anjiro
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Sabotsy Anjiro
Location in Madagascar
Coordinates: 18°53′S47°58′E / 18.883°S 47.967°E / -18.883; 47.967
CountryFlag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
Region Alaotra-Mangoro
District Moramanga
Elevation
[1]
983 m (3,225 ft)
Population
 (2018)
  Total
17,418
Time zone UTC3 (EAT)
postal code
514

Sabotsy Anjiro is a rural municipality that is composed by two towns (Sabotsy & Anjiro) in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Moramanga, which is a part of Alaotra-Mangoro Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be 17,418 in 2018 and lies approximately 80 km west of Antananarivo, along the National Road 2 to Toamasina.

Primary and junior level secondary education are available in town. The majority 80% of the population of the commune are farmers. The most important crop is rice, while other important products are beans and cassava. Services provide employment for 20% of the population. [2]

Both towns, Sabotsy and Anjiro have a train station along the Antananarivo East coast line. They lie at the Mangoro River. In Anjiro there are the Andriamanovoka Falls, a waterfall of 120m near the fokontany Andriamanovoka. [3]

Roads

The municipality of Sabotsy Anjiro is crossed by the National Road 2.

References

  1. Estimated based on DEM data from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
  2. "ILO census data". Cornell University. 2002. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  3. FB

18°53′S47°58′E / 18.883°S 47.967°E / -18.883; 47.967