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'''Ampandrana is one of the [[Twelve Sacred Hills|twelve sacred hills]] of the ancient Merina Kingdom, located in the south-west of [[Antananarivo]].'''
Located in the vicinity of [[Ankadivoribe]], it was the birthplace of the ''[[Vazimba'' ]] sovereigns. [[Andrianampoinimerina|King Andrianampoinimerina]] did not place a wife there but he did invoke it systematically in order to keep links from immemorial time. ''(Text by Isabelle Ratsira)''