| Madagascar and M Guide - Resources and Review
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| Range of information resources about Madagascar. Headings include flora, fauna, music, tourism, history, landscape and culture.
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Set of maps taken from the Indian Ocean Atlas published by the CIA, covering the Arabian Sea Islands, the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India), Christmas Island (Australia) Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia), Comoros, the Maldives, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, the Seychelles, Sri Lanka and Zanzibar.
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Basic reference information about Madagascar, such as area, capital, population, population density, geography, language, religion, time zone, history and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, regions, travel, visas, passports, money, health and public holidays.
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Details of several projects and publications about Madagascar, including biodiversity of the coffee family (Rubiaceae), legumes, orchids, phylogeny, tree species, and palms. Madagascar is one of the ecologically richest countries in the world. Its flora is diverse, peculiar, and unique. Of the estimated 12,000 species, over 80% are only found in Madagascar.
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Links to a range of Internet resources about Madagascar.
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Basic reference information about Madagascar, including details of geography, people, economy, government, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, co
ordinates, boundary length, border countries, climate, land use and natural resources.
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Detailed assessment of human rights practices in Madagascar. Topics assessed include torture, arbitrary detention or exile, fair public trial, freedom of speech and press, freedom of assembly, movement and religion; democratic rights, worker rights, and discrimination based on race, sex, religion, disability, language, or social status.
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Map of Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar.
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Detailed handbook describing the history of Madagascar and analysing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. Particular attention is given to the people who make up the society, their origins, dominant beliefs and values, common interests and the issues on which they are divided, and their attitudes toward each other and toward their social system and political order.
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Short article on the origins of Madagascar, its time as a French colony until gaining independence in 1960, and the present day.
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Map of Madagascar showing the main settlements, boundaries and routes.
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Listing of political resources relevant to Madagascar, with links to parties, organisations, government, media and results of recent elections, where available.
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A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in Madagascar, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language. Also some demographic data such as rates of literacy, blindness and deafness.
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