Explore Madagascar in Africa - Madagascar Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Madagascar with its capital Antananarivo is located in Africa (Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean). It covers some 587,041 square kilometres (slightly less than twice the size of Arizona) with 20,042,000 citizens. French and Malagasy are the the languages spoken by people in Madagascar.

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About Madagascar

The terrain offers narrow coastal plain, high plateau and mountains in center. The average density of population is about 34 per km². The climate in can be described as tropical along coast, temperate inland, arid in south. Possible natural disasters include periodic cyclones or drought or and locust infestation.

To reach someone in Madagascar dial +261 prior to a number. There are 181,200 installed telephones. And there are 5,997,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".mg". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz.

The country consists of 6 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Madagascar

Madagascar Tourism Information

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Rainforests of the Atsinanana

The Rainforests of the Atsinanana comprise six national parks distributed along the eastern part of the island. These relict forests are critically important for maintaining ongoing ecological...

Royal Hill of Ambohimanga

The Royal Hill of Ambohimanga consists of a royal city and burial site, and an ensemble of sacred places. It is associated with strong feelings of national identity, and has maintained its...

Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve

Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve comprises karstic landscapes and limestone uplands cut into impressive 'tsingy' peaks and a 'forest' of limestone needles, the spectacular canyon of the...

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Madagascar

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Madagascar is growing at an rate of 2.99% (or by 636,753 citizens). Each year 0 people enter this country (or 0.00 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 2.99%. Or an total increase of 636,753 citizens.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.