Vakinankaratra

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Vakinankaratra
The Vakinankaratra region (red) is located in the center of Madagascar
The Vakinankaratra region (red) is located in the center of Madagascar
Basic data
Country Madagascar
Capital Antsirabe
surface 16,599 km²
Residents 1,852,199 (2014)
density 112 inhabitants per km²
founding 2004
ISO 3166-2 MG
Website www.region-vakinankaratra.net (French)
politics
Head of government William Rakotonarivo

Coordinates: 20 ° 52 ′  S , 47 ° 2 ′  E

Vakinankaratra is one of 22 regions ( Faritra ) of Madagascar in the center of the island. In 2014 about 1.85 million people lived in the region. The 22 regions of Madagascar were founded in June 2004. On April 4, 2007, Marc Ravalomanana held a referendum on an amendment to the constitution, which established a new administrative structure without provinces from October 2009. The regions thus became the first administrative unit.

geography

Vakinankaratra is located in the central highlands of Madagascar and has an area of ​​16,599 km². The capital is Antsirabe .

Vakinankaratra borders the regions Analamanga , Itasy and Bongolava in the north ; to the east at Alaotra-Mangoro and Atsinanana ; to the south by Amoron'i Mania and to the west by Menabe .

The valleys and Antandrokomby Sahatany in Vakinankaratra are exceptional Rhodizitvorkommen known where up to three centimeters, cubic and tetrahedral found crystals.

climate

The annual average temperature is 17 ° C, the maximum average temperature 27.4 ° C and the minimum average temperature 5 ° C. In some areas, temperatures range from 30.8 ° C to 1 ° C. The average annual rainfall is between 1335 mm and 1952 mm.

traffic

The national road 7 (RN 7) runs from the north via Ambohibary and Antsirabe to Toliara in southwest Madagascar. National road 43 (RN 43) joins the RN 7 at Ambohibary when coming from the north-west. The national road 34 joins the RN 7 at Antsirabe.

Administrative division

The region is divided into seven districts ( Fivondronana ):

Web links

Commons : Vakinankaratra  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population statistics of Vakinankaratra. citypopulation.de, November 17, 2015, accessed on November 13, 2017 (German).
  2. ↑ Diana. Ministère de l'Economie et du Plan, accessed on November 19, 2017 (French).
  3. ↑ a b Vakinankaratra. Ministère de l'Economie et du Plan, accessed on November 12, 2017 (French).
  4. ↑ Petr Korbel, Milan Novák: Mineral Encyclopedia (=  Dörfler Natur ). Nebel Verlag, Eggolsheim 2002, ISBN 978-3-89555-076-8 , p. 134 .