Isalo Explained

Official Name:Isalo
Pushpin Map:Madagascar
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Madagascar
Pushpin Mapsize:180
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Menabe
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Miandrivazo
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Land Km2:340.71
Population As Of:209
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:12930
Population Density Km2:38
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:3
Coordinates:-19.7333°N 71°W
Elevation Footnotes:[3]
Elevation M:57
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:617

Isalo is a rural municipality in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Miandrivazo, which is a part of Menabe Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 12,930 in 2009.

Only Primary schooling is available. The majority 50% of the population of the commune are Farmers, while an additional 30% receives their livelihood from raising livestock. The most important crop is beans, while other important products are maize and rice. Services provide employment for 10% of the population. Additionally, fishing employs 10% of the population.[4]

Roads

This municipality is situated at 38 km south-west of Miandrivazo. Only unpaved secondary roads lead to the municipality. These are praticable but in a bad state of conversation and it takes 1.1/2h to reach the village.

Fokontany (villages)

8 villages (fokontany) are part of the municipality:

Rivers

The Tsiribihina River and the Mahajilo River that flows west of Bepaha in this municipality.

References

-19.7333°N 71°W

Notes and References

  1. http://biblio.univ-antananarivo.mg/pdfs/randriamahaeloRivoA_GEO_M1_09.pdf La commune rurale d'Isalo
  2. http://biblio.univ-antananarivo.mg/pdfs/randriamahaeloRivoA_GEO_M1_09.pdf La commune rurale d'Isalo
  3. Estimated based on DEM data from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
  4. Web site: ILO census data . . 2002 . 9 March 2008.