Outline of Madagascar
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to 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. [citation needed] 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):
- Etymology: Name of Madagascar
- 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
- 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
- Climate of Madagascar
- Deforestation in Madagascar
- Illegal logging in Madagascar
- Ecoregions in Madagascar
- Renewable energy in Madagascar
- Geology of Madagascar
- Protected areas of Madagascar
- Wildlife of Madagascar
Natural geographic features of Madagascar
- Glaciers in Madagascar: none [2]
- Islands of Madagascar
- Lakes of Madagascar
- Mountains of Madagascar
- Rivers of Madagascar
- Valleys of Madagascar
- World Heritage Sites in Madagascar
Regions of Madagascar
Ecoregions of Madagascar
Administrative divisions of Madagascar
Provinces of Madagascar
Regions of Madagascar
Districts 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
Executive branch of the government of Madagascar
- Head of state: President of Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana
- Head of government: Prime Minister of Madagascar, Charles Rabemananjara
- Cabinet of Madagascar
Legislative branch of the government of Madagascar
Judicial branch of the government of Madagascar
Foreign relations of Madagascar
International organization membership
The Republic of Madagascar is a member of:[1]
Law and order in Madagascar
- Cannabis in Madagascar
- Constitution of Madagascar
- Crime in Madagascar
- Human rights in Madagascar
- Law enforcement in Madagascar
Military of Madagascar
- Command
- Forces
- Military history of Madagascar
- Military ranks of Madagascar
Local government in Madagascar
History of Madagascar
Main articles: Timeline of the history of Madagascar, History of Madagascar, Current events of Madagascar
Culture of Madagascar
- Architecture of Madagascar
- Cuisine of Madagascar
- Ethnic groups of Madagascar
- Festivals in Madagascar
- Languages of Madagascar
- Media in Madagascar
- National symbols of Madagascar
- People of Madagascar
- Prostitution in Madagascar
- Public holidays in Madagascar
- Records of Madagascar
- Religion in Madagascar
- Women in Madagascar
- World Heritage Sites in Madagascar
Art in Madagascar
- Art in Madagascar
- Cinema of Madagascar
- Literature of Madagascar
- Music of Madagascar
- Television in Madagascar
- Theatre in Madagascar
Sports in Madagascar
Economy and infrastructure of Madagascar
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 127th (one hundred and twenty seventh)
- Agriculture in Madagascar
- Banking in Madagascar
- Communications in Madagascar
- Companies of Madagascar
- Currency of Madagascar: Ariary
- Energy in Madagascar
- Health care in Madagascar
- Mining in Madagascar
- Tourism in Madagascar
- Transport in Madagascar
Education in Madagascar
See also
Malagasy language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
French language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
- ^ a b "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
Madagascar at Wikipedia's sister projects
Definitions from Wiktionary
Media from Commons
News from Wikinews
Quotations from Wikiquote
Texts from Wikisource
Textbooks from Wikibooks
Resources from Wikiversity
- 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
- Madagascar Photos Madagascar
- 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
- Yahoo! - 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
- Miscellaneous
- Old maps of Madagascar by CEGET library (CNRS, France)
- Azafady UK charity and Malagasy NGO working in southeast Madagascar to alleviate poverty, improve well-being and protect beautiful unique environments with the help of its award winning volunteering programmes.
- Shama Foundation of Madagascar charitable organization providing scholarships for underprivileged students in Madagascar
- Opinions of La Haute Cour Constitutionelle du Madagascar
- Madagascar Constitution
Madagascar travel guide from Wikivoyage- Blue Ventures award winning not-for-profit organisation dedicated to facilitating projects and expeditions that enhance global marine conservation and research. Based in Andavadoaka, South West coast of Madagascar.
- Foko-madagascar not-for-profit organization and Rising Voices grantee project dedicated to the use of ICT as a tool to promote sustainable development, especially combining human development and the protection of the environment.
