In addition to primary schooling the town offers secondary education at both junior and senior levels.

The majority 65% of the population of the commune are farmers, while an additional 10% receives their livelihood from raising livestock.

It caused a rush that definitely transformed this big rural village lost in the middle of nowhere.

Some remarkable samples of royal blue color remind those of Burma.

In November 2013 a new sapphire and ruby deposit was discovered at the place said Sahalava, 30 kilometers north of Andilamena.