Landscape with the rice fields at Ambalavao Fianarantsoa, Madagascar Island. Fianarantsoa is the capital of the Haute Matsiatra region and of the Fia
Landscape with the rice fields at Ambalavao Fianarantsoa, Madagascar Island. Fianarantsoa is the capital of the Haute Matsiatra region and of the Fianarantsoa Province. It was built in the early 19th century by the Merina as the administrative capital for the newly conquered Betsileo kingdoms. It is at an average altitude of 1,200 metres (3,900 ft), and has a population of c150,000. Fianarantsoa means "Good education" in Malagasy. It is a cultural and intellectual center for the whole island. It is home to some of the oldest Protestant and Lutheran cathedrals on the island, the oldest theological seminary (also Lutheran), as well as the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa. The city of "good education" also boasts a university named after it and built in 1972. Fianarantsoa is considered to be the capital of wine in Madagascar, because of the presence of many wine industries in the city.
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