Outline of Madagascar
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Madagascar:
The Coat of arms of Madagascar
The location of Madagascar
An enlargeable map of the Republic of Madagascar
Madagascar – sovereign island nation located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa.[1] The Island of Madagascar is the fourth-largest island in the world, and is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species, of which more than 80% are endemic to Madagascar. They include the lemur infraorder of primates, the carnivorous fossa, three bird families and six baobab species.
General reference
- Pronunciation: /mædəˈɡæskɑːr/
- Common English country name: Madagascar
- Official English country name: The Republic of Madagascar
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Malagasy
- Demonym(s):
- International rankings of Madagascar
- ISO country codes: MG, MDG, 450
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:MG
- Internet country code top-level domain: .mg
Geography of Madagascar
An enlargeable topographic map of Madagascar
- Madagascar is: a megadiverse island country
- Location:
- Eastern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere
- Africa (off its east coast)
- Indian Ocean
- Time zone: East Africa Time (UTC+03)
- Extreme points of Madagascar
- High: Maromokotro 2,876 m (9,436 ft)
- Low: Indian Ocean 0 m
- Land boundaries: none
- Coastline: Indian Ocean 4,828 km
- Population of Madagascar: 19,683,000 - 55th most populous country
- Area of Madagascar: 587,041 km2
- Atlas of Madagascar
Environment of Madagascar
An enlargeable satellite image of Madagascar
- Climate of Madagascar
- Deforestation in Madagascar
- Illegal logging in Madagascar
- Ecoregions in Madagascar
- Geology of Madagascar
- Protected areas of Madagascar
- Biosphere reserves in Madagascar
- National parks of Madagascar
- Wildlife of Madagascar
Natural geographic features of Madagascar
Landforms of Madagascar
- Glaciers in Madagascar: none [2]
- Mountains of Madagascar
- Rivers of Madagascar
- World Heritage Sites in Madagascar
Regions of Madagascar
Ecoregions of Madagascar
List of ecoregions in Madagascar
- Ecoregions in Madagascar
Administrative divisions of Madagascar
Administrative divisions of Madagascar
Provinces of Madagascar
Regions of Madagascar
Districts of Madagascar
Municipalities of Madagascar
Municipalities of Madagascar
- Capital of Madagascar: Antananarivo
- Cities of Madagascar
Demography of Madagascar
Government and politics of Madagascar
- Form of government: semi-presidential representative democratic republic
- Capital of Madagascar: Antananarivo
- Elections in Madagascar
- Political parties in Madagascar
Branches of the government of Madagascar
Government of Madagascar
Executive branch of the government of Madagascar
- Head of state: President of Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana
- Head of government: Prime Minister of Madagascar, Charles Rabemananjara
Legislative branch of the government of Madagascar
- Parliament of Madagascar (bicameral)
- Upper house: Senate of Madagascar
- Lower house: National Assembly of Madagascar
Judicial branch of the government of Madagascar
Court system of Madagascar
Foreign relations of Madagascar
Foreign relations of Madagascar
- Diplomatic missions in Madagascar
- Diplomatic missions of Madagascar
International organization membership
The Republic of Madagascar is a member of:[1]
Law and order in Madagascar
Law of Madagascar
Military of Madagascar
Military of Madagascar
- Command
- Forces
- Army of Madagascar
- Navy of Madagascar
- Air Force of Madagascar
Local government in Madagascar
Local government in Madagascar
History of Madagascar
Culture of Madagascar
- Architecture of Madagascar
- Cuisine of Madagascar
- Ethnic groups of Madagascar
- Languages of Madagascar
- National symbols of Madagascar
- Coat of arms of Madagascar
- Flag of Madagascar
- National anthem of Madagascar
- People of Madagascar
- Prostitution in Madagascar
- Public holidays in Madagascar
- Religion in Madagascar
- Women in Madagascar
- World Heritage Sites in Madagascar
Art in Madagascar
Economy and infrastructure of Madagascar
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 127th (one hundred and twenty seventh)
- Agriculture in Madagascar
- Communications in Madagascar
- Internet in Madagascar
- Companies of Madagascar
- Currency of Madagascar: Ariary
- Health care in Madagascar
- Mining in Madagascar
- Tourism in Madagascar
- Transport in Madagascar
Education in Madagascar
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See also
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Malagasy language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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French language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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English language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
- Index of Madagascar-related articles
- List of international rankings
- List of Madagascar-related topics
- Member state of the United Nations
- Outline of Africa
- Outline of geography
References
- "Madagascar". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 3, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
- The only glaciers in Africa are on Mt Kenya (in Kenya), on Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania), and in the Ruwenzori Mountains (which are located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo). See Proceedings of the Riederalp Workshop, September 1978; Actes de l'Atelier de Riederalp, septembre 1978): IAHS-AISH Publ. no. 126, 1980.
External links
- Government
- The Madagascar Government official site
- National Assembly of Madagascar official site (English)
- Embassies and Consulates
- News
- allAfrica.com - Madagascar news headline links
- - Madagascar conservation story
- Overviews
- BBC News Country Profile - Madagascar
- CIA World Factbook - Madagascar
- MADAGASIKARA.it many information about madagascar and specially NOSY BE - Madagascar
- WildMadagascar.org Overview, news, photos, cultural history. English and French
- Directories
- Outline of Madagascar at Curlie
- Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: Madagascar directory category
- The Index on Africa - Madagascar directory category
- University of Pennsylvania - African Studies Center: Madagascar directory category
- Ecology
- Madagascar's National Parks and Reserves official park website
- Conservation International - Madagascar overview pages
- Madagascar Wildlife Conservation MWC is a Malagasy non-profit association, which organises and pursues community-based conservations projects
- New York Academy of Sciences Conserving Madagascar - Podcast by Helen Crowley
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