Arivonimamo
Place in Itasy, Madagascar
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Arivonimamo is a city (commune urbaine) in Itasy Region, in the Central Highlands of Madagascar.
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Arivonimamo | |
|---|---|
Ampahimanga Arivonimamo | |
  Arivonimamo Location in Madagascar | |
| Coordinates: 19°02′S 47°10′E | |
| Country |  Madagascar |
| Region | Itasy |
| District | Arivonimamo |
| Established | 16 April 1951 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Randriamirado Harinosy Onja[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 120 km2 (46 sq mi) |
| Population (2018)[2] | |
• Total | 28,324 |
| • Ethnicities | Merina (91%) |
| Time zone | UTC3 (EAT) |
| Postal code | 112 |
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
| 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
Arivonimamo is the district capital made up of twenty-one municipalities.
Infrastructure
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
Notes and references
- “ [ archive ] ” [PDF], on Centre national Legis, January 27, 2021
- fr.soccerway.com [ archive ]
