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