Madagascar, an africain country, is situated in the Indian Ocean. It's the fourth largest island in the world and it's population is estimated at 20 million. It's a developing country, classified 143th in the world according to the UNDP. The "Red island" has a unique species of plants and animals, many found nowhere else in the world. Unfortunately, extensive deforestation worsens the...
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Madagascar, an africain country, is situated in the Indian Ocean. It's the fourth largest island in the world and it's population is estimated at 20 million. It's a developing country, classified 143th in the world according to the UNDP. The "Red island" has a unique species of plants and animals, many found nowhere else in the world. Unfortunately, extensive deforestation worsens the ecological situation. The economy is based on agricultural, including fishing and is well known for it's rice, vanilla and pepper. However, tourism and minning are talking an important place. The man spoken language is Malagasy, the native language, but French is also spoken and the praticed religion is Christian. The democracy is fragile: On March 17th 2009 a "putsch" forced the president Marc Ravalomanana to resign.
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