Key facts
Capital: Antananarivo
Location: Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Mozambique
Government: Republic of Madagascar
Currency: Malagasy ariary (MGA)
Area: 587,041 sq km
Population: 27,534,354 (July 2021 est.)
Languages: Malagasy (official) 99.9%, French (official) 23.6%, English 8.2%, other 0.6% (2018 est.)
Religion: Christian, indigenous, Muslim
TimeZone: UTC+3
Tel Code: +261
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