The Amazing Madagascar

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The Amazing Madagascar

• By L.J.S.

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Madagascar is an island in southeast Africa at
20º south and 40º east. Madagascar is in the
Indian Ocean.
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The most recent estimate population is
14,900,000. The political leadership is republic,
their president is their leader then prime
minister, lastly legislator. Madagascar's most
common languages are Malagasy, French, and
English. Traditional religions are Christianity,
and Muslim. Madagascar grows and produces rice,
coffee, sugarcane, vanilla beans, tobacco,
sisal, cloves, cotton, livestock, processed
food, textiles, cement, soap, minerals-
chromites, graphite, and mica. Their monetary
unit is a franc.
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Madagascars capital city is Antananarivo. Its
located in east Madagascar at 1,431m./4,696ft.,
48ºE and 18º S. Some famous landmarks are the
Central Plateaus and Mt. Maromokotro. The area is
226,657 sq mi./587,041 km2.
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The Giant Day Gecko is 10 , its diet is mainly
insects. The method of reproduction it uses are
eggs. Madagascar and other near islands are its
home, its class is reptiles, the order of
reptiles are scaled. The Tailless Tenrec is
10-16 its diet is worms, grubs, grasshoppers,
and other small animals. The Golden Montella is
3/4-1, its diet is insects.