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Republic of Madagascar
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Capital: Antananarivo
Total Area: 226,657.41 sq mi,587,040.00 sq km,(slightly less than twice the size of Arizona)
Population: 15,982,563 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050: 65,460,246
Languages: French (official), Malagasy (official)
Literacy: 80.0% total, 88.0% male, 73% female (1990 est.)
Religions: indigenous beliefs 52%, Christian 41%, Muslim 7%
Life Expectancy: 53.08 male, 57.68 female (2001 est.)
Government Type: republic
Currency: 1 Malagasy franc (FMG) = 100 centimes
GDP (per capita): $800 (2000 est.)
Industry: meat processing, soap, breweries, tanneries, sugar, textiles, glassware, cement, automobile assembly plant, paper, petroleum, tourism
Agriculture: coffee, vanilla, sugarcane, cloves, cocoa, rice, cassava (tapioca), beans, bananas, peanuts; livestock products
Arable Land: 4%
Natural Resources: graphite, chromite, coal, bauxite, salt, quartz, tar sands, semiprecious stones, mica, fish, hydropower
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