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 Madagascar has been classified as a biodiversity hotspot by Conservation International. This is because various plants and animals are found nowhere else on Earth, and approximately 90 percent of all species found in Madagascar are endemic. The island is often referred to as the "eighth continent" by ecologists. [([[http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/curators/pdf/PLECEVO_2011.pdf|Mobot]])]
+==== Lies on an island ====
+On an island with an area lies the Republic of Madagascar, whose capital is Antananarivo, the largest city of the island, located in its central part. [([[https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/madagascar.htm|Nations Online]])]
+==== Languages of Madagascar ====
+The official languages in Madagascar are Malagasy and French. [([[https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/what-languages-are-spoken-in-madagascar|Babbel]])]
+==== Malagasy ====
+The Malagasy language belongs to the Austronesian family (a family of languages spoken by about 350 million indigenous people on the islands of Oceania, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar), the Barito group (a group of Austronesian languages spoken in Indonesia, southeast of Borneo). [([[https://www.tripsavvy.com/official-languages-of-madagascar-4845722|Trip Savvy]])]
+==== Gondwana ====
+Madagascar is part of the former supercontinent Gondwana, which broke away about 200 million years ago. [([[https://www.britannica.com/place/Gondwana-supercontinent|Britannica]])]
+==== Maromokotro Peak ====
+The highest elevation in the country is Maromokotro Peak (9,436 feet), which lies in the Tsaratanana massif located at the northern end of the island. [([[https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/tallest-mountains-in-madagascar.html|World Atlas]])]
+==== Extinct volcanoes ====
+There are no active volcanoes on the island, but there are quite a few traces of past volcanic activity. Madagascar's extinct volcanoes are Ambre-Bobaomby, Ankaizina Field, Vakinankaratra Field, Itasa Volcanic Field, Nosy-Be. [([[http://volcanolive.com/madagascar.html|Volcano Live]])]
+==== Extinct volcanoes ====
+Madagascar has two long seasons typical of these latitudes: summer - from November to April and winter - from May to October. [([[https://www.great-madagascar-tours.com/Info/madagascar_climate|Great Madagascar]])]
+==== Red Island ====
+Madagascar has been called the "Great Red Island." [([[https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Earth_from_Space_Great_Red_Island2|European Space Agency]])]
+==== Endemic plants ====
+In Madagascar, more than 80% of vascular plant species are endemic. [([[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629906000998|Science Direct]])]
+==== Lemurs ====
+There are about 107 species of lemurs on the island - 75% of those found in the world. [([[https://news.mongabay.com/2020/07/a-third-of-madagascars-lemur-species-on-the-brink-of-extinction-iucn-warns/|Mongabay]])]
+==== Protected area ====
+There are 43 protected areas on the island including national parks and strict and special nature reserves. [([[https://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?199998/Protecting-unique-Madagascar|WWF]])]
+==== Wag Wag ====
+The earliest records of Madagascar date back to the 1st century, and by the 4th century, it was already known to the Arabs, who described it as the country of Wag Wag in the 10th century. [([[https://www.eisa.org/wep/madoverview1.htm|EISA]])]
+==== Agriculture ====
+Madagascar is an agricultural country, with about 75% of the working population engaged in farming. [([[https://ourworldindata.org/employment-in-agriculture|Our World In Data]])]
+==== Vanilla ====
+Madagascar is the world leader in vanilla production. [([[https://scienceagri.com/10-biggest-countries-of-vanilla-production-in-the-world/|Science Agri]])]
+{{tag>geography history science biology}}

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