Ankadinondry Sakay is a town and commune in Madagascar

Madagascar

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. It belongs to the district

Districts of Madagascar

Districts are second-level administrative divisions of Madagascar below the regions. Districts are in their turn divided into communes; while some of the districts on urban areas such as the district of Toliara consists of only one commune, most of the districts are divided typically into...

 of Tsiroanomandidy, which is a part of Bongolava Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 32,000 in 2001 commune census

Census

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Primary and junior level secondary education are available in town. The majority 80% of the population of the commune are farmers, while an additional 5% receives their livelihood from raising livestock. The most important crop is rice

Rice

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, while other important products are maize

Maize

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 and cassava

Cassava

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. Industry and services provide employment for 0.5% and 14.5% of the population, respectively.