Metroji clue #33

Antananarivo in five emoji

Madagascar

The capital of an island that broke away from Africa long enough ago to evolve its own everything. The city is built up and down a long ridge.

What each emoji refers to

Lemurs live wild nowhere else, and there are somewhere over a hundred species depending on who is counting.
Baobabs store water in the trunk, which is why they look inflated.
Rice is eaten at nearly every meal, often at all three.
Roughly half the world's chameleon species are Malagasy, including some small enough to sit on a fingertip.
Most of the island's plants grow nowhere else, which is the whole reason biologists keep coming.

Antananarivo at a glance

Country
Madagascar
Coordinates
18.88Β° S, 47.51Β° E
First played

Nearest cities in the game

Distances are great-circle, the same measure the game reports after a wrong guess. The arrow is the direction you would need to travel from Antananarivo.

City Distance Direction
MoroniComoros 920 km
Port LouisMauritius 1,060 km
LilongweMalawi 1,560 km
Dar es SalaamTanzania 1,620 km
MaputoMozambique 1,720 km
HarareZimbabwe 1,740 km

Today's city is a different one

Metroji picks a new city every day at midnight, wherever you are. Everyone gets the same one, so scores are comparable.

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