Madagascar is a BIG island off the southeastern coast of Africa. It is the world's 4th largest island (not including the continents). If you put the island next to the US, the length of Madagascar would run from NYC to Orlando, Florida.
Most of Madagascar is located in the tropics. The southern tip is desert. There is a long ribbon of rain forest along the east coast and a highland plateau in the center of the island. 80 percent of the animals and plants found in Madagascar exist nowhere else in the world.
The Malagasy people come from parts of India, Africa, and Indonesia. The main languages spoken are Malagasy and French. Capital: Antananarivo, Population: 21 million, Currency: Ariary
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ma.html
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