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Antananrivo - Tananarive - Tana : The capital city of Madagascar


Antananrivo -- often shorted to "Tana" -- is the capital city of Madagascar. The population is estimated between 1.7 and 3 million people, depending on how the city is defined and who's counting.

Tana is quite like any city you will ever visit with colorful houses decorating the hillsides, extensive rice paddies runing through sections of the town, and bustling streets full of cars and Zebu-drawn carts.

Tana is located in the central highlands of Madagascar where the climate is mild. Tana lies in the heartland of the Merina people who look ethnically Indonesian.


Tana



Tana



Tana



Tana



Tana brick making



Tana brick making and zebu



Tana brick making



Tana rice fields



Working the rice fields



Kids in Tana



Kids in Tana



Cathedral



Rice fields



Antananarivo



Antananarivo rice paddies



queen's rova



Woman in vegetable market



Woman in Tana



Woman in flower market



Malagasy child



Malagasy girl



Child in Tana



Dokotera sign



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tana church



Sunset over Antananarivo



Avenue de l'Independence (Antananarivo )



Antananarivo (Antananarivo )



Antananarivo (Antananarivo )



Antananarivo (Antananarivo )



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Sunset over Antananarivo



Sunset over Antananarivo



Sunset over Antananarivo



Antananarivo sunset



Zebu cart carrying bricks



church



queen's rova



Antananarivo (Antananarivo)



Antananarivo (Antananarivo )



Antananarivo (Antananarivo )



Antananarivo (Antananarivo )



Antananarivo (Antananarivo )



Antananarivo child (Antananarivo )



Antananarivo countryside (Antananarivo )



Antananarivo fruit stand (Antananarivo )



Antananarivo kids (Antananarivo )




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