Androy
Sign in to saveAndroy is the most southerly region of Madagascar. It covers an area of 19,540 km2, and had a population of 903,376 inhabitants in 2018. The administrative capital is Ambovombe-Androy.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Androy Region
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Region
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Madagascar - Androy region.jpg
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- The typical scenery of Androy
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- Madagascar-Androy-2023.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 180px
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- Location in Madagascar
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- Country
- Settlement.seat_type
- Capital
- Settlement.seat
- Ambovombe-Androy
- Settlement.leader_title
- Governor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Lahimaro Tsimandilatse Soja
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 19317
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2018
- Settlement.population_total
- 903376
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
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- Antandroy
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- Area
- 21930
- Image
- Androy Scenery (9597374909).jpg
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- Population
- Climatology
- Protected areas
- Economy
- Transport
- Airport
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- History
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- 10th to 13th Centuries
- 14th to 15th Centuries
- 16th Century
- 17th Century
- 18th Century
- 19th Century
- 20th Century
- Additional information
- Notable people
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Androy is the most southerly region of Madagascar. It covers an area of 19,540 km2, and had a population of 903,376 inhabitants in 2018. The administrative capital is Ambovombe-Androy.
==Area== Androy (literally "the land of roy" (Mimosa delicatula) but more commonly translated as "spiny land") is the deep south of Madagascar. It is located south of the Tropic of Capricorn and conventionally delimited between the Mandrare and Menarandra rivers. It is 19,540 km2 and is bordered by the Mahafaly people to the northwest (Atsimo-Andrefana), the Antanosy to the east (Anosy) and the Bara land to the north (starting at about Isoanala).
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