Imerintsiatosika Explained

Official Name:Imerintsiatosika
Pushpin Map:Madagascar
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Madagascar
Pushpin Mapsize:180
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Itasy
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Arivonimamo
Area Total Km2:173
Population As Of:2019
Population Footnotes:Census
Population Total:69,953
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank1:Merina
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:3
Coordinates:-18.9833°N 66°W
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:1301
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:112

Imerintsiatosika is a municipality in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Arivonimamo, which is a part of Itasy Region. It is localized at 30 km west from the capital of Antananarivo on the National Road No.1.[2] The population of the commune was estimated to be 69,953 in a 2019.

36 fokontany (villages) belong to this municipality.

Primary and junior level secondary education are available in town. The majority 98% of the population of the commune are farmers, while an additional 1% receives their livelihood from raising livestock. The most important crop is rice, while other important products are vegetables, cassava and potatoes. Services provide employment for 1% of the population.[3]

There is a 240adj=midNaNadj=mid radio station near Imeritsitosika. It belonged formerly to the NASA.[4]

In 2021 a prison of high security was inaugurated in Imeritsitosika.[5]

Rivers

The only river of the municipality is the Katsaoka that traverses it over a length of 12 km.[6]

Sports

Archeological sites

The Rova Antongona and royal tomb, 6 km north of Imerintsiatosika.

References

-18.9833°N 66°W

Notes and References

  1. Estimated based on DEM data from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
  2. http://biblio.univ-antananarivo.mg/pdfs/ravelonjanaharyMaminirinaT_SOCIO_Lic_18.pdf RAVELONJANAHARY Maminirina Tahirisoa. APPROVISIONNEMENT EN EAU, L’OR BLEU, RESSOURCE STRATÉGIQUE: CAS DE LA COMMUNE D’IMERINTSIATOSIKA
  3. Web site: ILO census data . . 2002 . 2008-04-23.
  4. http://www.midi-madagasikara.mg/culture/2019/10/02/e-talk-lhistoire-de-la-nasa-a-madagascar-avec-norbert-jaonarison/ « E-talk » : L’histoire de la NASA à Madagascar avec Norbert Jaonarison
  5. https://www.madagascar-tribune.com/Imerintsiatosika-la-prison-de-haute-securite-inauguree.html Madagascar Tribune
  6. http://biblio.univ-antananarivo.mg/pdfs/rakotomandrindraPascaleFM_PC_DNR_18.pdf ETUDE HYDROGEOLOGIQUE PAR APPROCHE MULTIDISCIPLINAIRE DU BASSIN VERSANT D’IMERINTSIATOSIKA, REGION ITASY, MADAGASCAR
  7. https://midi-madagasikara.mg/football-grenade-fc-imerintsiatosika-sur-les-bons-rails/ Grenade FC Imerintsiatosika