Madagascar

POPULATION AND MAJOR CITIES

• Population: 24,915,822
• Major cities: 1. Antananarivo 2. Toamasina 3. antsirabe 4. Fianarantso

Ethnic groups
1. Antaifasy - 1.2%
(people of the sands)
near Diego-Suarez

2. Antaimoro- 350,000
(People of the coast)
Near vohipeno and manakara
Grow rice and other crops

3. Antandroy- 930,000
(People of the thorns)
Near ambovombe
Lived in an environment w/ frequent sever droughts

4. Antanosy - 639,000
(People of the island)
Near taolagnaro
language: tanosy Malagasy

Wars involving Madagascar

*First Madagascar expedition *(1883-1885)

French military expedition against on the island...

MORE WARS

• *MENALAMBA rebellion*(1894-1897) put down by French authorities
• *Malagasy uprising* (1947-1948) defeated by uprising failed

Natural resources -
1. graphite
2. Chromite
3. Coal
4. Bauxite
Rare earth elements -
1. Salt
2. Quartz
3. Tar sands
4. Semi-precious stones

INDUSTRIES

• Meat processing - ex: beef and chicken for people to consume
• Soup- processed to clean (hygiene)
• Tourism- to show different parts of country to new people. Ex: Americans and make money from it
• Textile- a type of cloth or woven fabric. Ex: a fascinating range of pottery, jewelry, and textile

MADAGASCAR GOVERNMENT

Historical events
- Marc ravalomanana elected president with 52% of the vote (2001)
- sets up rival government in his home town of toasmasina
- his supporters lay siege to Antananarivo
- blocking roads and dynamiting bridges

To continue
- prices of food, vital supplies, thousands of jobs were jobs were lost, businesses went under, the poor starved
- rastsiraka fled in exile to France in July 2002 after everything happened

HERY RAJAONARIMAMPIANINA

Madagascar is 226,657 m2

Major physical features
1. Mt. Maromokotro-located northern Madagascar,
height: 9,436 ft
2. The waterfalls of mt. Andringita- known as raindahy (the queen) & rainbavy (the king)
Located: southeast of Madagascar

MADAGASCAR'S FLAG

Current news article in Madagascar
* article: ''scientists warn of last chance to rid Madagascar of invasive toxic toad''
* toxic toad names: ''Asian toad'' or duttaphrynus melanostictus

More about the toad
1. Black specked or black-spined
2. Rapid breeders
3. Produce about 40,000 eggs a year
4. Produce and discharge a milky toxin that's poisonous
5. Poisonous to native birds, mammals, and snakes that pray on toads

To continue
-With this ''Asian toad'' it could kill mostly all of MADAGASCARS unique wildlife
- scientists and others are trying to completely destroy the ''Asian toad''
-poses a threat to biodiversity, human health, and the economy

AGICULTURE

• Coffee
• Vanilla
• Sugarcane
• Cloves
• Cocoa
• Rice
• Beans
• Bananas

*Education in Madagascar*

-formal schooling started with medieval Arab seafarers

-established a handful of Islamic primary schools

-developed a written of the Malagasy language using Arabic script

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