Ihosy (city)

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Ihosy
Ihosy (Madagascar)
Ihosy
Ihosy
Coordinates 22 ° 24 ′  S , 46 ° 8 ′  E Coordinates: 22 ° 24 ′  S , 46 ° 8 ′  E
Basic data
Country Madagascar

province

Fianarantsoa
region Ihorombe
ISO 3166-2 MG-F
District Ihosy
height 731 m
Residents 18,205 (2005)
founding 1848

Ihosy is a city in southern Madagascar . In 2005 about 18,200 people lived there.

geography

Ihosy is located on a plateau at an altitude of around 730 m and is the main town of the Ihorombe region , in the former province of Fianarantsoa . The Isalo National Park is located a few kilometers west; the Andringitra National Park a few kilometers east of the city.

The capital Antananarivo is 616 km north of the city.

climate

Ihosy has a humid subtropical climate with monsoon influences (Cwa). The annual average temperature is 21.9 ° C.

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Ihosy
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 30.1 29.8 29.2 28.6 27.3 24.8 23.6 25.2 27.7 30.6 31.2 30.6 O 28.2
Min. Temperature (° C) 19.1 19.0 18.3 16.8 13.6 11.7 11.1 12.2 13.4 15.7 17.4 18.6 O 15.6
Temperature (° C) 24.6 24.4 23.7 22.7 20.4 18.2 17.3 18.7 20.5 23.1 24.3 24.6 O 21.9
Precipitation ( mm ) 231 101 83 21st 8th 5 3 7th 13 17th 99 181 Σ 769
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23.6
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25.2
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Economy and Infrastructure

75% of the inhabitants of Ihosy live from agriculture, where they mainly grow rice, corn, cassava and peanuts. Furthermore, 20% live from cattle breeding. 3% earn their living in the service sector and 2% from fishing.

traffic

To the east of the city there is a small airport with connections to Fianarantsoa and Toliara . In the city that meet National Road 7 (west of Toliara, north of Fianarantsoa Coming), the Route nationale 13 (of Tolanaro over Isoanala Coming) and the Route nationale 27 from Farafangana coming together.

population

The city's population grew from 11,951 in 1993 to around 18,200 in 2005. The city was founded in 1848 by the Merina , but is located in the settlement area of ​​the Bara .

religion

Ihosy has been the seat of the Ihosy diocese since 1967 .

Web links

Commons : Ihosy  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Climate & Weather in Ihosy. climate-data.org, accessed on October 3, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Census 2001. (xls, 2.4 MB) Cornell University , December 31, 2001, accessed September 26, 2017 (French).
  3. ↑ 2005 population estimates for cities in Madagascar. mongabay.com, accessed October 3, 2017 .