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38 unusual facts about Antananarivo


2006 Malagasy coup d'état attempt

General Fidy declared military rule and set up a base near the Ivato Airport in the capital, Antananarivo.

2009 Camp Capsat mutiny

The 2009 Camp Capsat mutiny began near the Malagasy capital of Antananarivo on March 8, 2009.

2013 Africa Cup

Division 1A was held between 10 and 14 July 2013, at the Mahamasina Municipal Stadium in Antananarivo, Madagascar.

2014 Africa Cup

Division 1A will be held between 26 June and 6 July 2014, at the Mahamasina Municipal Stadium in Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Afrocyclops pauliani

A single specimen was discovered in 1951 in a small pool near Antananarivo, Madagascar, but the species not been seen in collections since.

Alex Chola

Following Zambia’s surprise defeat to Madagascar in a World Cup Qualifier in Antananarivo in December 1992, coach Samuel Ndhlovu was sacked and Godfrey Chitalu was appointed national team coach with Chola as his assistant.

Ambohitsorohitra Palace

The Ambohitsorohitra Palace is a presidential palace in the capital of Madagascar, Antananarivo.

AS Adema 149–0 SO l'Emyrne

AS Adema, of Antananarivo, in Madagascar, beat their arch-rivals Stade Olympique de l'Emyrne (SOE) as the result of a pre-determined protest by SOE over refereeing decisions that had gone against them during a four-team playoff tournament.

Blue-eyed black lemur

Some areas where it can readily be seen are in the forests south of Maromandia near Antananarivo and Antsiranana.

Bruno Julie

Also in 2007, Julie won gold medals at the Commonwealth Championships in Liverpool and at the African Championships in Antananarivo.

Clarisse Ratsifandrihamanana

Clarisse Andriamampandry Ratsifandrihamanana (Fénérive-Est, December 5, 1926-Antananarivo, June 28, 1987) was a Malagasy writer.

Delalande's Coua

What is known with certainty is that in 1932, large sums were offered to well-connected animal dealers in Antananarivo for specimens of Delalande's Coua, but they were unable to procure any.

Embassy of Madagascar in Falkensee

Randrianarisoa was oriented in the design mainly in the Rova of Antananarivo, the royal palace of Madagascar built in the 17th century in Antananarivo, and he added elements of the colonial period and modern design of Madagascar.

Forch railway

After they were rendered surplus by the new Stadler cars, the 1950s built Forchbahn motor cars BDe 4/4 11 to 16, and driving trailers Bt 101 to 106, were donated to the municipality of Antananarivo in Madagascar.

Georges Girard

In 1922 he was appointed director of the Institute of Bacteriology of Madagascar (Institut Pasteur of Antananarivo), a position he maintained until 1940..

Helichrysum gymnocephalum

In 1999, the non-profit organization Seacology helped to preserve this and other plants by creating a national park around Mt. Angavokely, near Antananarivo in Madagascar.

Human trafficking in Madagascar

The government’s Antananarivo-based Manjary Soa Center withdrew an unknown number of children from the worst forms of child labor and provided them with education or vocational training.

A child sex tourism problem exists in coastal cities, including Tamatave, Nosy Be, and Diego Suarez, as well as the capital city of Antananarivo; some children are recruited for work in the capital using fraudulent offers of employment as waitresses and maids before being forced into the commercial sex trade on the coast.

Although nine Regional Committees to Fight Child Labor worked to increase coordination among government entities, NGOs, and ILO/IPEC under the framework of the National Action Plan for the Fight Against Child Labor, the Ministry of Labor’s five child labor inspectors were insufficient to cover areas beyond Antananarivo or in informal economic sectors.

Iavoloha Palace

It is situated 15 km to the south from the capital Antananarivo.

Jacquot Harinirina

Jacquot Harinirina (born Antananarivo, 24 February 1981), known as Coco, is a Malagasy rugby union player.

Jirama

Headquartered in Antananarivo it disposes of 334.000 clients for electricity in 114 localities and 65 water distribution centres.

Madagascan Pochard

The single male then encountered was captured and kept in the Antananarivo Botanical Gardens until its death one year later.

Mayor of Antananarivo

The Mayor of Antananarivo is the Mayor of the capital and largest city in Madagascar, Antananarivo.

Philippe Jeantot

Philippe Jeantot (born 8 May 1952 in Antananarivo, Madagascar) is a French former deep sea diver, who achieved recognition as a sailor for long-distance, single-handed racing and record-setting.

Plusiopalpa hildebrandti

Saalmüller named this species after the botanist and traveller J.M. Hildebrandt who discovered this, and other species for the collection of the Königliches Museum für Naturkunde (Royal Museum for Natural History), Berlin and who died in May 1881 in Antananarivo.

President of Madagascar's Small Grants Scheme

It is the successor of the DFID-funded Small Grants Scheme, which ended with the closure of the British Embassy in Antananarivo, Madagascar in 2005.

Rainitsimbazafy

Following the French capture of the queen's palace at the capital city of Antananarivo in the fall of 1895, the Merina Kingdom's Prime Minister for 31 years prior, Rainilaiarivony, was removed from his post and placed under house arrest by the French Governor-General.

Raymond Razafimbahiny

Again in the fall of 2009, a group of up and coming artists paid tribute to R.R.Majunga in a concert in the Malagasy capital of Antananarivo.

Solorazaf

At the age of seventeen, he was one of the first studio musicians in the capital city of Antananarivo.

Telecommunications in Madagascar

Television stations: Television Malagasy (TVM) has an extensive national network reach; privately owned TV broadcasters in cities and major towns; relays of 2 international broadcasters are available in Antananarivo (2007).

Radio stations: State-owned Radio Nationale Malagasy (RNM) has an extensive national network reach; privately owned radio broadcasters in cities and major towns; state-run radio dominates in rural areas; relays of 2 international broadcasters are available in the capital, Antananarivo (2007).

Telephone system: system is above average for the region, Antananarivo's main telephone exchange modernized in the late 1990s, but the rest of the analogue-based telephone system is poorly developed; open-wire lines, coaxial cables, microwave radio relay, and tropospheric scatter links (2010).

Ubu Repertory Theater

The Ubu Repertory Theater provides Americans with a unique perspective into the world of Francophone cultures, including Paris, Brussels, Montreal, Dakar, and Antananarivo.

Vanoil Energy

In addition to its office in Vancouver, Vanoil has representation through its subsidiaries in Nairobi, Kenya, Antananarivo, Madagascar and Douglas, Isle of Man.

Yellow-throated day gecko

It is only known from the area around Andasibe on the east coast of Madagascar, about 100 km east of Antananarivo.

Yves Rumpler

From 1966 to 1976, Yves Rumpler was an associate lecturer in histology and embryology at the National School of Medicine, Tananarive, Madagascar (now part of the University of Antananarivo).

Zvi Mazel

He graduated in 1963, later becoming a career diplomat making his first service in Antananarivo, Madagascar.


2009 Camp Capsat mutiny

In the early morning of March 8, 2009 Camp Capsat near the capital of Antananarivo mutinied and stated that they did not support the government's actions in a growing violent dispute between President Marc Ravalomanana and the former mayor of Antananarivo, Andry Rajoelina.

Albert Sylla

After being admitted to the Myre de Vilers school, he began studies at the School of Medicine in Antananarivo in 1926, where he gained the rank of Senior Medical Officer; the highest degree attainable by local officials.

Angelo Buccarello

After 32 years in Madagascar, of which 20 in Antananarivo, he was elected and named general Counsellor of the Trinitarian Order, in July 2001, in Rome (Italy).

Beza Mahafaly Reserve

The Reserve was founded in 1975, when community leaders formed a partnership with the University of Madagascar (now Antananarivo), Washington University, and Yale University aiming to protect the forest.