MADAGASCAR

POPULATION AND THREE MAJOR CITIES

• The population for Madagascar is 22.92 million people live in Madagascar.
• The biggest city is called Antananarivo which Is The Capital.
• Toamasina is the second largest city.
• Antsirabe is the third largest city.

ETHNICITIES

• One group is called the merina which means the elevated people becuase they live on elevated ground.
• The second group is the betsimisaraka which means the inseparable people. They live in the east of Madagascar.
• The betsileo is the third largest group which means the invincible people.

WARS

• The battle of madagascar was the only war to go on there.
• It was during world war 2 and the British campain where to capture vichy french controlled madagascar

INDUSTRIES

• THe industries are meat processing, seafood, soap ,beer, leather and sugar.

GOVERNMENT

• Madagascar has a republic government.

HISTROICAL EVENT

• There was the great battle of madagascar

CURRENT LEADERS

• The president is Andry Nirina Rajoelina
• The prime minister is Jean Omer Beriziky

NATURAL RESOURCES

• There is graphite, chromite, coal, and bauxite are the common resources.
• The rare ones are salt, quartz, tar sands, and mica.

HOW BIG

• Madagascar is 226,657 mi long

PHYSICAL FEATURES

• Mt. Maromokotro is a major feature and the tallest mountain on Madagascar.
• The waterfalls of Mt. Andringitra is two waterfalls that combine at the end.
• Ankarana national park is a huge park that has rain forest, plateaus, caves, canyons, ridges, and valleys.

THE FALG

• The flag has white on the left side and red in the top right corner and green the bottom right corner.

CURRENT NEWS

• In December. 22, 2014
• A huge plague outbreak was spotted in some parts of Madagascar

AGRICULTURE

• One of main crops in Madagascar is rice.
• The main livestock they have is just cattle because there is so much plains for them to graze at.

EDUCATION

• The literacy rate of Madagascar is 65%
• Now there is many schools in Madagascar but awhile ago there was hardly any.

CLIMATE

• Madagascar is a sub-tropical climate
• During the wet season many cyclones hit madagascar