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MADAGASCAR
Country (long form) Republic of Madagascar
Capital Antananarivo
Total Area 226,657.41 sq mi
587,040.00 sq km
Population 15,506,472 (July 2000 est.)
Languages French (official), Malagasy (official)
Religions indigenous beliefs 52%, Christian 41%, Muslim
7%
Government Type republic
Currency 1 Malagasy franc (FMG) = 100 centimes
Industry meat processing, soap, breweries, tanneries,
sugar, textiles, glassware, cement, automobile assembly plant, paper,
petroleum, tourism
Agriculture coffee, vanilla, sugarcane, cloves, cocoa,
rice, cassava (tapioca), beans, bananas, peanuts; livestock products
Exports coffee 45%, vanilla 20%, cloves, shellfish,
sugar, petroleum products (1995 est.)
Natural Resources graphite, chromite, coal, bauxite,
salt, quartz, tar sands, semiprecious stones, mica, fish, hydropower
Visa Required (U.S. only) Yes 2001
(united states government sources. all information
was accurate at time of posting)
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