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]
The only river of the municipality is the Katsaoka that traverses it over a length of 12 km.[6]
The Rova Antongona and royal tomb, 6 km north of Imerintsiatosika.