Official Name: | Analavory |
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: | Miarinarivo |
Population As Of: | 2018 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 62,130 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank1: | Merina |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | 3 |
Coordinates: | -18.9667°N 89°W |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 1199 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 117 |
Analavory is a town and commune in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Miarinarivo, which is a part of Itasy Region. The population of the commune was 62,130 in 2018. Its location is closest to the geographic center of mainland Madagascar.
Primary and junior level secondary education are available in town. It is also a site of industrial-scale mining. The majority 85% of the population of the commune are farmers. The most important crop is rice, while other important products are maize and tomato. Services provide employment for 15% of the population.[3] Some 12 km north-east from the town are located Analavory Geysers - four cold water geysers.
The national roads N1b, RN1b and RN43 make junction near or in the town of Analavory.
Analavory lies at the Mazy river. Also the Lake Itasy, the forth mayor lake of Madagascar, is situated in this municipality.
Near Analavory lies the site of Ampasambazimba where several subfossil lemurs were discovered in the beginning of the 20th century.