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Madagascar
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20° S / 47° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Antananarivo
- Population
- 31,964,956 2024
- Area
- 587,041 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- French, Malagasy
- Currency
- Malagasy ariary (MGA)
- Geography
- Island country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Madagascar
Madagascar is a country in the Indian Ocean off the eastern coast of Africa. It is known for its particularly unique wildlife and flora.
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-08-10. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Eastern Africa
- Calling code
- +261
- Internet domain
- .mg
- Land border codes
- None listed
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .mg. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.