Ambatolampy

Ambatolampy
Ambatolampy skyline
Ambatolampy skyline
Map of Antananarivo Province showing the location of Ambatolampy
Map of Antananarivo Province showing the location of Ambatolampy
Ambatolampy is located in Madagascar
Ambatolampy
Ambatolampy
Location in Madagascar
Coordinates: 19°23′10″S 47°25′45″E / 19.38611°S 47.42917°E / -19.38611; 47.42917
Country Madagascar
RegionVakinankaratra
Area
 • Total30 km2 (10 sq mi)
Elevation
1,644 m (5,394 ft)
Population
 (2013)
 • Total28,500
Postal code
104
ClimateCwb
Zebu market in Ambatolampy

Ambatolampy is a city (commune urbaine) in the Vakinankaratra Region, situated in the Central Highlands of Madagascar. It had a population of about 28,500 in 2013.[1]

It is the administrative capital of the district of the same name, and is situated on Route nationale No. 7 which runs from Antananarivo to Toliara. Ambatolampy is a railway station on the Antananarivo - Antsirabe line. It is situated at 70 km South from the capital Antananarivo.

A species of gecko, Lygodactylus tolampyae, may be named after Ambatolampy.[2]

  1. ^ Institut National de la Statistique, Antananarivo.
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Tolampy", p. 266).