Merimandroso

Merimandroso, also Imerimandroso can be translated with "Imerina progressing"

• 1 of the 12 sacred hills of Imerina/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
• tranompokonolona - town hall
• tsena - market, alatsinainy - Monday, or a place holding Monday markets
• Tsena Alatsinainy Merimandroso
• several small cinemas
• basic medical institution
• 21.10.2013