Tana Water Front

Antananarivo


This modern shopping mall and office complex has a cinema, boutiques, a food court, a Shoprite supermarket and ATMs.


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1. Micheline

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4. Presidential Palace

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6. Lac Anosy

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7. Monument aux Morts

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8. Parc de Tsarasaotra

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