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These are listed in order of their 2018 population. Note that these are the populations of the cities themselves (i.e. administrative districts, except in the case of Ambovombe) and exclude the populations of suburban communes outside the cities; some of the communes adjacent to Antananarivo have more than 100,000 population themselves.
Antananarivo (Malagasy: [antananaˈrivʷ]; French: Tananarive, pronounced), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana (pronounced), is the capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known as Antananarivo-Renivohitra ("Antananarivo-Mother Hill" or "Antananarivo-Capital"), is the capital of Analamanga region.
Category: Populated places in Madagascar by region. 4 languages. ... Populated places in Analamanga (1 C, 136 P) Populated places in Analanjirofo (70 P)
The Malagasy language, of Austronesian origin, is generally spoken throughout the island. The official languages of Madagascar are Malagasy and French.As a member of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, Madagascar is a Francophone country, and in 2024, French is spoken by around a quarter of the population in Madagascar, i.e. 8,5 million people out of 32 million (26.59%).
Spoken by 12% of the EU population, French is the second most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union, after German; it is also the third most widely known language of the Union, after English and German (33% of the EU population report to know how to speak English, whilst 22% of Europeans understand German and 20% French). [19] [118]
Mahajanga [maːˈdzaŋɡə̥] (French: Majunga) is a city and an administrative district on the northwest coast of Madagascar. The city of Mahajanga (Mahajanga I) is the capital of the Boeny Region. The district (identical to the city) had a population of 258,068 in 2020.
urban population: 39.9% of total population (2022) rate of urbanization: 4.26% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) urban population: 37.2% of total population (2018) rate of urbanization: 4.48% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.) The largest city in Madagascar is Antananarivo.
Number on map Region's name Area (km 2) Population (2018 Census) [1] Population density per km 2 Capital Former province 1: Diana: 19,266: 889,736: 36.3: Antsiranana