Madagascar
The island of lemurs and baobabs
Passport card
Republic of Madagascar
Madagascar
- Capital
- Antananarivo
- Continent
- Africa
- Currency
- Ariary
- Languages
- Malagasy and French
- People
- About 3.2 crore
- Size
- About 5.9 lakh km²
- Leader
- Colonel Michael Randrianirina
- Free since
- 26 June 1960
- Time
- 2½ hours behind India: at 12 noon in India, it is 9:30 am in Antananarivo
⭐ About 9 in 10 of Madagascar's plants and animals are found nowhere else on Earth!
Your Madagascar stamp
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Madagascar
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Madagascar
Turn the globe with your finger. Madagascar has no neighbours on land. Its nearest neighbours are across the sea.
Compare with India
Madagascar and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is almost 6 times the size of Madagascar.
- PeopleIndia has about 46 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 3.2 crore in Madagascar.
- DistanceAntananarivo is about 6,200 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeMadagascar is 2½ hours behind India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 9:30 am in Antananarivo.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Madagascar, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Madagascar
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Madagascar's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Madagascar back on the map
Madagascar and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 3 back?
Places too tiny to see are shown as circles.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Madagascar worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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