Official Name: | Antambohobe |
Pushpin Map: | Madagascar |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Madagascar |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 180 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Ihorombe |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Ivohibe |
Unit Pref: | metric |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Total: | 9000 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | -22.3°N 92°W |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 755 |
Elevation Ft: | 2475 |
Antambohobe is a town and commune in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Ivohibe, which is a part of Ihorombe Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 9,000 in the 2001 commune census.
Only primary schooling is available. Most of the inhabitants (75%) receive their support from agriculture; 24.4% of the inhabitants receive their support from raising livestock. Fishing supports 0.4% of the population; services provide employment for the remainder (0.2%). The most important crop is rice; other significant products are sugarcane, beans, maize and cassava.[2]
It is connected with Ihosy in the west, and Farafangana in the east by the largely unpaved Route nationale 27.
Pic d'Ivohibe Reserve and the Andringitra National Park that are nearby