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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MadagascarMadagascar - Wikipedia

    Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country comprising the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands.

  2. 5 days ago · Madagascar, island country lying off the southeastern coast of Africa. Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world, after Greenland, New Guinea, and Borneo.

  3. Dec 1, 2023 · Situated off the southeast coast of Africa, Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world. Having developed in isolation, the island nation is famed for its unique wildlife. Traditionally,...

  4. Dec 5, 2023 · Located off the coast of East Africa in the Indian Ocean, Madagascar is the second-largest island country in the world. It covers an area of t 592,800 sq. kilometers. The country can be divided into three parallel longitudinal physiographic regions.

  5. Parc National Bemaraha. Western Madagascar. If you visit one place in western Madagascar, make it Parc National Bemaraha. A Unesco World Heritage Site, its highlights are the jagged, limestone… Rova. Madagascar. Poised atop Ambohimanga hill is the Rova, the fortress-palace.

  6. FAST FACTS. OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Madagascar. FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Semi-presidential republic. CAPITAL: Antananarivo. POPULATION: 25,570,895. OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: Malagasy, French. MONEY:...

  7. Africa's largest island is located in the Indian Ocean, about 420 km (260 miles) east of the coast of Mozambique and is separated from the African continent by the Mozambique Channel. Madagascar shares maritime borders with Comoros, France (Mayotte and Réunion ), Mauritius, Mozambique and Seychelles.

  8. Introduction. Background. Madagascar was one of the last major habitable landmasses on earth to be settled by humans. While there is some evidence of human presence on the island in the millennia B.C., large-scale settlement began between A.D. 350 and 550 with settlers from present-day Indonesia.

  9. Madagascar is a large island nation in the Indian Ocean. It is off of the East coast of Africa and its capital is Antananarivo. Twenty-two million people live there. It is the world's fourth largest island. [10] The official languages of Madagascar are Malagasy and French . Pre-human history.

  10. www.wikiwand.com › en › MadagascarMadagascar - Wikiwand

    Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country comprising the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's fourth largest island, the second-largest island country and the 46th largest country in the world.