Ambatolampy
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File:Marché zébus Ambatolampy.jpg
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.Institut National de la Statistique, Antananarivo.
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.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).
Economy
Ambatolampy is known for its Aluminium founderies. Most of aluminium kitchen utensils in Madagascar are produced in this town.
The founderies also work with copper and bronze.[https://www.jacaranda.fr/en/ambatolampy jacaranda.fr] Various workshops are specialized in recycling old metal.
Museums
The Butterfly museum (Musée des Papillons) is in Ambatolampy.[https://www.madacamp.com/Le_Musée_des_Papillons Madacamp] The museum exhibits 6,000 species of insects and butterflies.
AmbatolampyBahnübergang.jpg|Railway crossing
AmbatolampyGrandRue.jpg|Main Street
AmbatolampyHauptstr.jpg|Main street
AmbatolampyOchsenkarren.jpg|Oxcarts
AmbatolampyWerkstatt.jpg|Recycling metal in a foundery
AmbatolampyWohnquartier.jpg|Typical residential area
See also
External links
- {{commons category-inline|Ambatolampy}}
References
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{{Vakinankaratra Region}}
Category:Populated places in Vakinankaratra
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