STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUES BACKGROUND NOTE ON MADAGASCAR
August 01, 2008
August 01, 2008
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research Electronic Affairs Publication Office issued the following Background Note:
PROFILE
OFFICIAL NAME:
Republic of Madagascar
Geography
Area: 592,800 sq. km. (228,880 sq. mi.). Cities: Capital-Antananarivo (pop. about 1,300,000). Other cities-Antsirabe (about 500,000), Mahajanga (about 400,000), Toamasina (about 450,000). Terrain: Mountai . . .
PROFILE
OFFICIAL NAME:
Republic of Madagascar
Geography
Area: 592,800 sq. km. (228,880 sq. mi.). Cities: Capital-Antananarivo (pop. about 1,300,000). Other cities-Antsirabe (about 500,000), Mahajanga (about 400,000), Toamasina (about 450,000). Terrain: Mountai . . .