Merimandroso
Merimandroso, also Imerimandroso can be translated with "Imerina progressing"
- 1 of the 12 sacred hills of Antananarivo, has a small Rova
- 2 hours walk from Ambohimanga, located west of Ambohimanga, over hills, passing small villages, fields and river
- good street to Ivato, about 1,5 hours by foot, taxi-brousse about 400 Ariary
- village is surrounded by good farm land
- Merimandroso was founded by Andrianampoinimerina during the first seven years of his reign to consolidate its positions west of Ambohimanga
- Andrianampoinimerina created the Tsimahafotsy market
- every Monday big market with crops, household items such as pots, cloth, shoes, smithery, wheel of fortune, people from surrounding areas meet at the market - most of them beautifully dressed, not all buy something, more social place to exchange the latest news
- zebu trading market hall
- several small cinemas
- basic medical institution
- 21.10.2013