Antananarivo

Antananarivo also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana, is the capital and largest city of Madagascar. The bigger urban zone encompassing the city, known as Antananarivo-Renivohitra. It is also called as "Antananarivo-Mother Hill" or "Antananarivo-Capital", is the capital of Analamanga locale. The city is found 1,280 m 4,199 ft over the ocean level in the focal point of the island, and has been the island's biggest populace focus since in any event the eighteenth century.

Antananarivo was verifiably the capital of the Merina individuals, who keep on forming most of the city's evaluated 1,300,000 tenants, and in addition the encompassing urban zones which in all have an aggregate metropolitan populace moving toward three million. Every one of the 18 Malagasy ethnic gatherings, and occupants of Chinese, Indian, European and different starting points, are very much spoken to in the city. Antananarivo is the political, financial, instructive and social heart of Madagascar.

The Presidency, National Assembly, Senate and Supreme Court are situated here, as are 21 political missions and the central station of numerous national and worldwide organizations and NGOs. Antananarivo likewise has the biggest number of colleges, dance club, workmanship scenes, restorative administrations and other social administration foundations of any city on the island. A few national and neighborhood sports groups, including the title winning national rugby group, the Makis, and a few b-ball and football groups, are situated in Antananarivo.