Madagascar

Madagascar

sovereign state, island country, country, unitary state

Part of	East Africa, Indian Ocean Commission, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, Southern African Development Community
Year dem found am	1960
Official name	Madagascar, Madagascar, République de Madagascar, Madagasikara
Native label	Repoblikan'i Madagaskar, République de Madagascar
Short name	🇲🇬
Official language	Malagasy, French
Anthem	Ry Tanindrazanay malala ô!
Culture	culture of Madagascar
Continent	Africa
Country	Madagascar
Capital	Antananarivo
Located in time zone	UTC+03:00, Indian/Antananarivo
Located in/on physical feature	Madagascar, East African islands
Coordinate location	20°0′0″S 47°0′0″E
Coordinates of easternmost point	15°15′55″S 50°29′7″E
Coordinates of northernmost point	11°57′0″S 49°15′0″E
Coordinates of southernmost point	25°36′20″S 45°10′14″E
Coordinates of westernmost point	12°7′36″S 49°2′42″E
Highest point	Maromokotro
Lowest point	Indian Ocean
Government ein basic form	republic
Office held by head of state	President of Madagascar
State ein head	Andry Rajoelina
Office head of government hold	Prime Minister of Madagascar
Government ein head	Christian Ntsay
Legislative body	Parliament of Madagascar
Central bank	Central Bank of Madagascar
Currency	ariary
Dey share bother plus	no value, Comoros, France, Mozambique, Seychelles
Coextensive with	Madagascar
Driving side	right
Electrical plug type	Europlug, AC power plugs and sockets: British and related types, Type E, SEV 1011, Type K
Dey replace	French Madagascar
Significant event	Independence of Madagascar
Dema official website
Hashtag	Madagascar
Top-level Internet domain	.mg
Flag	Flag of Madagascar
Coat of arms	Seal of Madagascar
Geography of topic	geography of Madagascar
Get characteristic	partly free country
History of topic	history of Madagascar
Economy of topic	economy of Madagascar
Demographics of topic	demographics of Madagascar
Mobile country code	646
Country calling code	+261
Emergency phone number	117, 118, 124
Licence plate code	RM
Maritime identification digits	647
Unicode character	🇲🇬
Category for maps or plans	Category:Maps of Madagascar

Madagascar, alias Republic of Madagascar, be sam island country wey dey lie off de southeastern coast of Africa. Ebe de world ein fourth largest island, de second-largest island country den de 46th largest country for de world insyd. Ein capital den largest city be Antananarivo.

Madagascar be member of de United Nations (UN), de African Union (AU), de Southern African Development Community (SADC), den de Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie. Malagasy den French be both official languages of de state. Christianity be de country ein predominant religion, plus significant minority still dey practise traditional faiths. Dem dey classify Madagascar as a least developed country by de UN. Ecotourism den agriculture, dem pair plus greater investments insyd education, health den private enterprise, be key elements of ein development strategy. Despite substantial economic growth since de early 2000s, na income disparities widen, den quality of life remain low for de majority of de population. As of 2021, dem dey consider 68.4 percent of de population to be multidimensionally poor.

Government

Administrative divisions

Dem subdivid Madagascar into 22 regions (faritra). Dem further subdivide de regions into 119 districts, 1,579 communes, den 17,485 fokontany.

A map of Madagascar ein regions

Regions and former provinces

New regions	Former provinces	Area in km2	Population 2018
Diana	Antsiranana	19,993	889,962
Sava	Antsiranana	23,794	1,123,772
Itasy	Antananarivo	6,579	898,549
Analamanga	Antananarivo	17,346	3,623,925
Vakinankaratra	Antananarivo	17,884	2,079,659
Bongolava	Antananarivo	18,096	670,993
Sofia (7)	Mahajanga	50,973	1,507,591
Boeny	Mahajanga	31,250	929,312
Betsiboka	Mahajanga	28,964	393,278
Melaky	Mahajanga	40,863	308,944
Alaotra Mangoro	Toamasina	27,846	1,249,931
Atsinanana	Toamasina	22,031	1,478,472
Analanjirofo	Toamasina	21,666	1,150,089
Amoron'i Mania	Fianarantsoa	16,480	837,116
Haute-Matsiatra	Fianarantsoa	20,820	1,444,587
Vatovavy-Fitovinany	Fianarantsoa	20,740	1,440,657
Atsimo-Atsinanana	Fianarantsoa	16,632	1,030,404
Ihorombe	Fianarantsoa	26,046	418,520
Menabe	Toliara	48,814	692,463
Atsimo-Andrefana	Toliara	66,627	1,797,894
Androy	Toliara	18,949	900,235
Anosy	Toliara	29,505	809,051
Totals		591,896	25,674,196

Demographics

De regional distribution of Malagasy ethnic subgroups

Ethnic groups

Malagasy ethnic subgroups	Regional concentration
Antankarana, Sakalava, Tsimihety	Former Antsiranana Province; north den northwestern coasts
Sakalava, Vezo	Former Mahajanga Province; western coast
Betsimisaraka, Sihanaka, Bezanozano	Former Toamasina Province; eastern coast
Merina	Former Antananarivo Province; central highlands
Betsileo, Antaifasy, Antambahoaka, Antaimoro, Antaisaka, Tanala	Former Fianarantsoa Province; southeastern coast
Mahafaly, Antandroy, Antanosy people, Bara, Vezo	Former Toliara Province; southern inland regions den coast

Largest cities

Largest cities anaa towns insyd Madagascar According to de 2018 Census
Rank	Name	Region	Pop.
1	Antananarivo	Analamanga	1,275,207
2	Toamasina	Atsinanana	326,286
3	Antsirabe	Vakinankaratra	245,592
4	Mahajanga	Boeny	244,722
5	Fianarantsoa	Haute Matsiatra	189,879
6	Toliara	Atsimo-Andrefana	169,760
7	Antsiranana	Diana	131,165
8	Hell-Ville	Diana	109,365
9	Sambava	Sava	85,659
10	Taolagnaro	Anosy	67,188

A Malagasy child

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External links

• Country Profile Archived 29 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine from BBC News
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• Madagascar from UCB Libraries GovPubs
• Wikimedia Atlas of Madagascar
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