Ankazobe
Ankazobe Location in Madagascar
Coordinates: 18°31′S 47°11′E / 18.517°S 47.183°E / -18.517; 47.183
Country	Madagascar
Region	Analamanga
District	Ankazobe
Time zone	UTC3 (EAT)
Postal code	107

Ankazobe is a municipality in Analamanga Region, in the Central Highlands of Madagascar. It is the administrative capital of Ankazobe District and is situated at 75 km north of the capital Antananarivo (94 km by RN 4).

Infrastructure

RN 4 near Ankazobe

• Route Nationale 4 from Antananarivo to Mahajanga.
• Route d'Interet Provinciale 40T (RIP 40T) from the RN 4/Ankazobe to Talata-Angavo

Epidemics

In November 2022 the pest had been reported from this municipality.^[1]

Killing of Ankazobe

Only few months earlier in August 2022 the killing of Ankazobe took place. 35 people of this village were locked up in a cabin that was set on fire by some dahalo (bandits).^[2][3]

Nature reserves

The Ambohitantely Special Reserve is situated at 30 km in the North-East of the town.^[4]

The region of Ankazobe is also home of the critically endangered tree Schizolaena tampoketsana and the frog Anilany helenae.

References

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