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Androy
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Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE / Wikimedia Commons (resized) Image licenceCC BY-SA 2.0Photograph by Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE / Wikimedia Commons (resized). Display crop may differ from the original.
AT A GLANCE
Androy in facts
- TypeRegion
- CapitalAmbovombe-Androy
- Area21,930 km²
- CountryMadagascar
All geographic & statistical details (10)
- World region
- Africa · Sub-Saharan Africa · Eastern Africa
- Share of Madagascar’s area
- 3.7% of Madagascar
- National anthem
- "Ry Tanindraza nay malala o" (O Our Beloved Fatherland) · Pasteur Rahajason/Norbert Raharisoa
- Official languages
- French, Malagasy
- Currency
- Ariary
- Calling code
- +261
- Drives on the
- right
- Time zone
- UTC+3
- Location
- 24.8°S, 45.3°E
- Distance from Antananarivo
- 690 km (straight line)
Facts: Wikidata Q218981, retrieved 1 November 2026. Figures can change; check the source for the latest. Location, time zone and distances are worked out by The Landlore from Wikidata coordinates and the IANA time zone database.
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