Antananarivo, Madagascar. Satellite image of Antananarivo, the capital and largest city of Madagascar. Atananarivo, which means 'city of the thousands

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Antananarivo, Madagascar. Satellite image of Antananarivo, the capital and largest city of Madagascar. Atananarivo, which means 'city of the thousands', is built on the slopes of a 1430 metres high ridge. At the top of the ridge is the former Merina royal residence, which was destroyed by a fire in 1995. Below, in descending order, are the administrative and financial areas and the commercial quarter. Image taken on 13 December 2001 by Space Imaging's Ikonos satellite.

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Size: 3000px × 3000px
Photo credit: © GEOEYE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 13, 13/12/2001, 2001, administrative, antananarivo, capital, centre, city, communications, december, earth, economic, geographical, geography, ikonos, image, imaging, island, largest, madagascar, observation, ridge, satellite, slope, space, thousands