Fihaonana Explained

Official Name:Fihaonana
Pushpin Map:Madagascar
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Madagascar
Pushpin Mapsize:180
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Analamanga
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Ankazobe
Population As Of:2012
Population Total:18,846
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:3
Coordinates:-18.6°N 59°W
Elevation M:1345

Fihaonana is a town in Analamanga Region, in the Central Highlands of Madagascar, located north at 60 km from the capital of Antananarivo, 5 km off from the highway RN 4 to Mahajunga.

The commune is composed by 16 villages (fonkontany):

Andriatsibibiarivony, Tsitakondaza, Manankasina, Lovasoa, Manantenasoa, Tsaramivondrona, Tsimialona, Tsimiamboholahy, Fihaonana, Masindray-Est, Fokotsambo, Sambatra, Madiokororoka, Antsapanimahazo, Ambohimpiainana, Andranovelona, Andranofotsifandrosoana, Ambohitraina.[1]

Buddist Temple

Along the RN4 is situated the largest buddist temple in Madagascar (in Andranovelona).

Notes and References

  1. http://biblio.univ-antananarivo.mg/pdfs/raharimalalaHanitriniainaS_SOCIO_Lic_18.pdf THEME : ABANDON SCOLAIRE DES ENFANTS : (Cas de la Commune Rurale du FIHAONANA)