Ampefy

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Ampefy
Ampefy (Madagascar)
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Coordinates 19 ° 3 ′  S , 46 ° 44 ′  E Coordinates: 19 ° 3 ′  S , 46 ° 44 ′  E
Basic data
Country Madagascar

province

Antananarivo
region Itasy
ISO 3166-2 MG-T
District Soavinandriana
height 1288 m
Residents 14,707 (2001)
The Chute de la Lily waterfall near Ampefy
The Chute de la Lily waterfall near Ampefy

Ampefy is a city in the central highlands of Madagascar . In 2001 about 14,700 people lived there. The plant species Aloe ampefyana is named after this place.

geography

Ampefy is located in the central highlands of Madagascar at an altitude of about 1300 m . The city is located in the Soavinandriana district in the Itasy region . The next major cities are Analavory and Soavinandriana . The Kavitaha and Itasy lakes are in the immediate vicinity of the city. The Chute de la Lily waterfall is west of Ampefy.

climate

In Ampefy there is a subtropical mountain climate (Cwb). The annual average temperature is 19.8 ° C.

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Ampefy
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 27.0 27.0 27.0 26.9 25.9 24.7 23.3 25.5 27.2 28.6 28.0 27.9 O 26.6
Min. Temperature (° C) 16.4 16.2 15.9 14.3 11.1 9.3 9.0 10.5 10.8 12.2 14.3 16.0 O 13
Temperature (° C) 21.7 21.6 21.4 20.6 18.5 17.0 16.1 18.0 19.0 20.4 21.1 21.9 O 19.8
Precipitation ( mm ) 351 290 309 70 17th 6th 7th 7th 14th 64 149 286 Σ 1,570
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Economy and Infrastructure

91.5% of the inhabitants, who belong to the Merina ethnic group ( Foko ) , live from agriculture and mainly grow beans and maize. Another 7% live from fishing, the remaining 1.5% are split between industry and the service sector.

traffic

The Route nationale 43 runs through the city. This traffic connection can be used to reach the city of Analavory to the north and the capital of the Soavinandriana and Ambohibary districts to the south .

The capital Antananarivo is 100 kilometers west of Ampefy.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Census 2001. (Excel) Cornell University , December 31, 2001, accessed on November 12, 2017 (French, 2.4 MB).
  2. ↑ Climate & weather in Ampefy. climate-data.org, accessed on November 12, 2017 (German).