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Tananarive: see Antananarivo Antananarivo or Tananarive , city (1993 pop. 675,669), capital of Madagascar. Antananarivo is Madagascar's largest city and is its administrative, communications, and economic center.
..... Click the link for more information. , Madagascar. Antananarivoformerly TananariveCity (pop., 2001 est.: 1,403,449), capital of Madagascar. Located in central Madagascar Island, and rising to an elevation of 4,694 ft (1,431 m), the city was founded in the 17th century and was controlled by the Merina from the early 1790s until the end of the 19th century. The French made it the capital of their colony when they took control of the region at the end of the 19th century and renamed it Tananarive. The name became Antananarivo after the 1972 revolution. The University of Madagascar (1961) is located there, as are tobacco- and food-processing plants. A railway connects it with Toamasina, the island's chief port. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | When he approached American Book Award-winning author Tananarive Due about purchasing the film rights to her book My Soul to Keep, it was the beginning of a collaboration with Due and her husband, Steven Barnes, also an author. The fiction of Octavia Butler, Tananarive Due, and Nalo Hopkinson, the funk grooves of George Clinton, Andre 3000, Timbaland, and Missy Elliott stand out as a few examples of this artistic sensibility in the popular realm. Jenney had purchased the Wildenstein-bred Tananarive for Ff115,000 in October 1976, when the then six-year-old mare, who had won three races up to 1m6f in France, was carrying her third foal by Great Nephew. |
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