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]
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.
8 villages (fokontany) are part of the municipality:
The Tsiribihina River and the Mahajilo River that flows west of Bepaha in this municipality.