Arivonimamo

Arivonimamo
Ampahimanga Arivonimamo
Ampahimanga Arivonimamo
Arivonimamo is located in Madagascar
Arivonimamo
Arivonimamo
Location in Madagascar
Coordinates: 19°02′S 47°10′E / 19.033°S 47.167°E / -19.033; 47.167
Country Madagascar
RegionItasy
DistrictArivonimamo
Established16 April 1951
Government
 • MayorRandriamirado Harinosy Onja[1]
Area
 • Total
120 km2 (46 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[2]
 • Total
28,324
 • Ethnicities
Merina (91%)
Time zoneUTC3 (EAT)
Postal code
112

Arivonimamo is a city (commune urbaine) in Itasy Region, in the Central Highlands of Madagascar.

Arivonimamo is connected by the National Road No.1 to Antananarivo (50 km in the east) and Tsiroanomandidy (west). The Antananarivo international airport was there until replaced by Ivato in 1967. Now it is an airbase.

It borders to the communes of Miarinarivo in the west, Antananarivo and the Analamanga region in the North-east.

Climate

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Climate data for Arivonimamo
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 26
(79)
26
(78)
25
(77)
25
(77)
23
(73)
21
(70)
20
(68)
22
(71)
23
(74)
26
(78)
26
(79)
26
(79)
24
(75)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 15
(59)
14
(58)
15
(59)
13
(55)
11
(51)
8
(47)
8
(46)
8
(46)
9
(48)
11
(52)
13
(56)
14
(58)
12
(53)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 330
(12.8)
210
(8.2)
220
(8.6)
36
(1.4)
18
(0.7)
10
(0.4)
5.1
(0.2)
13
(0.5)
5.1
(0.2)
64
(2.5)
130
(5.1)
210
(8.3)
1,240
(48.8)
Source: Weatherbase [3]

Administration

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Arivonimamo is the district capital made up of twenty-one municipalities.

Infrastructure

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Until 1967, the city hosted Antananarivo-Arivonimamo International Airport before it was replaced by Ivato Airport. Since 1976, Ivato Airport has housed a flight school and a tactical air base. In 2021, the latter merged with Ivato Air Base to form Air Base 213 , now located in Arivonimamo  .

Sports

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The soccer club of Arivonimamo is RDN Arivonimamo[4]plays in the Madagascar Football Championship.

Notes and references

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  1. “    [ archive ]  ” [PDF] , on Centre national Legis , January 27, 2021
  2. fr.soccerway.com  [ archive ]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ben’ny tananan’Arivonimamo
  2. ^ TROISIEME RECENSEMENT GENERAL DE LA POPULATION ET DE L’HABITATION
  3. ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Arivonimamo, Madagascar". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
  4. ^ fr.soccerway.com