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MADAGASCAR

587,040 SQ KM. ABSOLUTE LOCATION ANTANANARIVO: 18.9333 S, 47.5167 E. MADAGASCAR. RAUL AVILA SOCIAL STUDIES TAG 8-1. P opulation22,005,222. Outline of the country with its physical features. GEOGRAPHY. Located at the Southeast of Africa, surrounded by the Indian Ocean.

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MADAGASCAR

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  1. 587,040 SQ KM ABSOLUTE LOCATION ANTANANARIVO: 18.9333 S, 47.5167 E MADAGASCAR RAUL AVILA SOCIAL STUDIES TAG 8-1 Population22,005,222

  2. Outline of the country with its physical features.

  3. GEOGRAPHY • Located at the Southeast of Africa, surrounded by the Indian Ocean. • Can be divided in 5 parts: East coast, central highlands, Tsarnaroro Massif, West coast & Southwest. • Mt. Maromokotro is the highest point in madagascar (2786 meters)

  4. Man-Made Features • Baobab tree in Madagascar, with a bar built inside. • Ifaty is ta name of two fishing villages that are along a 60 mile long beach. • Ile Sante Marie, a place where you can go snorkel & see sunk pirate boats. • Madagascar has lots of safaris, where you can watch unique landmarks and animals.

  5. Archeology • Tomb of king tsiampody: • Most impresiveMalafaly tomb • More than 500 years. • Ambphimanga: • Early 18th century • 7 fortified gates • Atongona: • Ruins of two settlements • 16th-18th century

  6. HISTORY 1947 2001 1894 1960 2005

  7. POLITICAL SCIENCE/SOCIOLOGY • Type of government: Republic • Madagascar has: • Executive branch • Legislative branch • Judicial branch • President is elected by popular vote, the winner stays for a period of 5 years. • Religion (philosophy): Indigenous beliefs, Christian, & Muslim.

  8. SOCIAL PROGRAMS • PSI/Madagascar was founded in 1998 to help vulnerable and low-income people gain access to health products, services and information. • The SIT Madagascar program explores identity formation, as well as socioeconomic and political transition. • Academic program, is in charge of what children learn in school (history, languages, geography, etc.) • State Security Services are in charge of the police force in Madagascar. • The social insurance covers just employed people.

  9. Economics • Currency: Malagasy ariary. • Natural resources: graphite, chromite, coal, bauxite, rare earth elements, salt, quartz, tar sands, semiprecious stones, mica, fish, hydropower. • Madagascar main trading partners (exports): • France 31% • China 8% • USA 8% • Germany 7% • Spain 4%

  10. Madagascar main trading partners (imports): • China 19% • France 14% • Bahrain 7% • Canada 6% • USA 6% BANKS: • Access Bank Madagascar (ABM) • Bank of Africa (BOA) • BanqueMalagache de L’oceanInden (BMOI) • BanqueIndustrielle et Commerciale de Madagascar (BICM)

  11. WORK CITED • Madagascar attractions and landmarks • www.wondermondo.com/Madagascar.htm • Important events in Madagascar history • Important events in Madagascar history. www.preceden.com/timelines/11954-important-events-in-madagascar-s-historymadagascar-s-history • The World Fact book https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ma.html • The Observatory of Economic Complexity-Madagascar www.atlas.media.mit.edu/country/mdg/

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