Sabotsy Anjiro
Sabotsy Anjiro is located in Madagascar
Sabotsy Anjiro
Sabotsy Anjiro
Location in Madagascar
Coordinates: 18°53′S 47°58′E / 18.883°S 47.967°E / -18.883; 47.967
Country Madagascar
RegionAlaotra-Mangoro
DistrictMoramanga
Elevation
[1]
983 m (3,225 ft)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total17,418
Time zoneUTC3 (EAT)
postal code
514

Sabotsy Anjiro is a rural municipality that is composed by two towns (Sabotsy & Anjiro) in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Moramanga, which is a part of Alaotra-Mangoro Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be 17,418 in 2018 and lies approximately 80 km west of Antananarivo, along the National Road 2 to Toamasina.

Primary and junior level secondary education are available in town. The majority 80% of the population of the commune are farmers. The most important crop is rice, while other important products are beans and cassava. Services provide employment for 20% of the population.[2]

Both towns, Sabotsy and Anjiro have a train station along the Antananarivo East coast line. They lie at the Mangoro River. In Anjiro there are the Andriamanovoka Falls, a waterfall of 120m near the fokontany Andriamanovoka.[3]

Roads

The municipality of Sabotsy Anjiro is crossed by the National Road 2.

References

  1. ↑ Estimated based on DEM data from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
  2. ↑ "ILO census data". Cornell University. 2002. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  3. ↑ FB

18°53′S 47°58′E / 18.883°S 47.967°E / -18.883; 47.967


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