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Madagascar Emily and Tyler

Land: 581,540 sq km W ater: 5,501 sq km  ||
 * ~ Geography ||~  ||
 * Location || Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Mozambique ||
 * Geographic Coordinates || 20 00 S, 47 00 E ||
 * Continent || Africa ||
 * Area || 587,041 sq km
 * Area Comparison || slightly less than twice the size of Arizona ||
 * Border Countries || none ||
 * Climate || tropical along coast, temperate inland, arid in south ||
 * Terrain || narrow coastal plain, high plateau and mountains in center ||
 * Natural Resources || graphite, chromite, coal, bauxite, rare earth elements, salt, quartz, tar sands, semiprecious stones, mica, fish, hyper ||
 * Natural Hazards || periodic cyclones; drought; and locust infestation <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">volcanism: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">Madagascar's volcanoes have not erupted in historical times   ||


 * ~ People ||~  ||
 * Total Population || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"> 22,585,517 (July 2012 est.) ||
 * Age Structure || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"> 0-14 years: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;">43.1% (male 4,762,589/female 4,693,259)  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"> 15-64 years: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">53.8% (male 5,864,520/female 5,938,029)   <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"> 65 years and over: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">3% (male 295,409/female 372,415)   ||
 * Life Expectancy || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"> Total population: 64 years <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;"> male: 61.97 years  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"> female: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">66.1 years   ||
 * Nationality || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"> Malagasy ||
 * Religions || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"> indigenous beliefs 52%, Christian 41%, Muslim 7% ||
 * Languages || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"> French (official), Malagasy (official), English ||
 * Literacy || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Definition: age 15 and over can read and write <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">total population: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">68.9%   <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">male: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">75.5%   <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">female: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">62.5%   ||



<span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;">President Andry Rajoelinar ||
 * ~ Government ||~  ||
 * Country Name || <span class="category_data">Madagascar ||
 * Government Type || Republic ||
 * Capital || Antananarivo ||
 * Cheif of State/Head of Government || <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">Prime Minister Jean Omer Beriziky

$1 = 2,160 Malagasy ariary ||
 * ~ Economy ||~  ||
 * Labor Force by Occupation || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"> 9.504 million (2007) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"> country comparison to the world: [|51]   ||
 * Agriculture || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"> coffee, vanilla, sugarcane, cloves, cocoa, rice, cassava (tapioca), beans, bananas, peanuts; livestock products ||
 * Industry || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"> meat processing, seafood, soap, breweries, tanneries, sugar, textiles, glassware, cement, automobile assembly plant, paper, petroleum, tourism ||
 * Exported Commodities || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">coffee, vanilla, shellfish, sugar, cotton cloth, chromite, petroleum products ||
 * Imported Commodities || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"> capital goods, petroleum, consumer goods, food ||
 * Currency || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">Malagasy ariary


 * ~ Communication ||~  ||
 * Number of Land Lines || 172,200 (2010) ||
 * Number of Cell Phones || 8.242 million (2010) ||


 * ~ Transportation ||~  ||
 * Airports || 84 (2010) ||
 * Paved Airports || <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;">27 ||
 * Roadways || <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;">65,663 km ||
 * Roadways Compared to the World || <span class="category_data">[|69] ||


 * ~ Miscellaneous Information ||~  ||
 * Military Branches || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #707070; display: block; font-family: geneva,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"> Intervention Force, Development Force, and Aeronaval Force (navy and air); National Gendarmerie ||
 * Internet Users || 319,900 people ||

<https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html> ||
 * ~ Sources ||~  ||
 * < CIA Fact Book ||< //The World Factbook.// Central Intelligence Agency
 * Malagasy Ariary || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">currency-calculator.org ||
 * Physical Map || researcharchive.calacademy.org ||
 * People and Culture || mada-brousse.com ||
 * Prime Minister Jean Omer Beriziky || africareview.com ||
 * President Andry Rajoelinar || africareview.com ||
 * Culture || english.cri.cn ||
 * Cell Phones and Transportation || travel-images.com ||