Madagascar
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
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GEOGRAPHY OF MADAGASCAR
- Land area: 226,657mi^2
- Climate: 3.5m of rain a year(on a rainy year). Hot and rainy from November to April and cold and dry from May to October.
MADAGASCAR
THE CAPITAL IS ANTANANARIVO
GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES
LAKE ITASY, ANKARATRA MASSIF, LAKE ALOATRA, MASOALA PENINSULA, AND BEMARIVO RIVER
ANKARATRA MASSIF
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LAKE ALOATRA
MASOALA PENINSULA
BEAMARIVO RIVER
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PEOPLE OF MADAGASCAR
POPULATION PYRAMID
MALE YEAR 2050 FEMALE
POPULATION
23,201,926
The darker the shade the higher the population. Most of the people are located in the central part of the country by the capital
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF MADAGASCAR
DEFORESTATION, OVEREXPLOITATION, AGRICULTURAL FIRES, AND ALIEN SPECIES
OVEREXPLOITATION
OF NATIVE SPECIES
AGRICULTURAL FIRES
AGRICULTURAL FIRES ARE BEING USED TO CREAT AREA FOR CROPS
ALIEN SPECIES
INVASIVE SPECIES ARE BEING INTRODUCED TO MADAGASCAR AND ARE DESTROYING NATIVE HABITAT
EROSION
THIS IS AN ESTUARY IN MADAGASCAR FULL OF ERODED SOIL AND ROCK BECAUSE OF DEFORESTATION
👶🏽BIRTH RATE👶🏽
33.12/1,000
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
MALAGASY & FRENCH ARE THE TWO OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
RELIGION
INDIGENOUS BELIEFS 52%, CHRISTIAN 41%, MUSLIM 7%
CULTURE
- Madagascar is primarily rural
- Fewer people live along the west coast and more on the plateau
- A lot of their government buildings are French influenced
- The most populated city is there capital
Photo by Marco Zanferrari
TOP NATURAL RESOURCE
GRAPHITE, CHROMITE, COAL, BAUXITE, RARE EARTH ELEMENTS, SALT, QUARTZ, TAR SANDS, SEMIPRECIOUS STONES, MICA, FISH, HYDROPOWER
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WATER PROBS
- Water and sanitation are a big problem in Madagascar
- Diarrheal disease is the second most lethal disease for children under 5
- According to the Bureau Municipal d’Hygiène, only 24% of households in the urban commune of Antananarivo have a private water connection with the remainder dependent on standpipes and water kiosks, unimproved sources, and a very small minority (1%) from wells. Overall, only 20% of the population has direct access to toilets, 55% use sanitary pails and 15% defecate in the open.
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ECONOMICS
- Gdp: 11.19 billion
- Gdp per capita: 1,400
- Economic system: overwhelmingly agricultural
- Unemployment: NA%
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POLITICS
- Political system: Republic
- Leader: Prime Minister Jean RAVELONARIVO and President Hery Martial RAJAONARIMAMPIANINA Rakotoarimanana
- Party: mutipolitical
- Independence: 26 June 1960 (from France)
URBAN AND Rural
- Urban: 34.5% of total population
- Rural: 65.5% of total population
- Urban problems: Sanitation and water are the problems
- Carbon Emissions: 2.886 million Mt (2012 est.)
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SOURCES
- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/...
- http://hdr.undp.org/en/data
- https://www.google.com/maps/place/Madagascar/@-16.8968709,46.8344597,5z/dat...
- http://www.wildmadagascar.org/overview/loc/19-climate.html
- http://www.weather-and-climate.com/average-monthly-Rainfall-Temperature-Sun...
- http://www.wildmadagascar.org/overview/loc/18-topography.html
- http://www.everyculture.com/Ja-Ma/Madagascar.html
- http://www.wsup.com/programme/where-we-work/madagascar/
- http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/world/madagascar-economy.html
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