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Amboatany is a small, fortified village located on a hill near Ambohimanga, ... kilometres ... of Ivato in Madagascar. In the centre of the village the grave/tomb of the Merina King Andriambelomasina can be found. Andriambelomasina was the grandfather of King Andrianampoinimerina. As Andrianampoinimerina was born in the auspicious month of Alahamady, the first month in the Malagasy year, his grandfather predicted royal destiny and
oversaw his Merina education at Amboatany .
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-18.760433, 47.562202, Ambohimanga
, Antananarivo
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