Practical information
The country in numbers
- Country's full name
- Republic of Madagascar
- Area in Km2
- 587,041
- Population
- 20,713,819 population
- Capital
- Antananarivo
- Religion
- 55% Traditional religions; 45% Christian
- Government
- Unitary semi-presidential republic
Language
- Official language
- French, Malagasy
- Languages spoken
- None
Time
- UTC (Coordinated Universal Time Greenwich)
- +3
Currency
- Currency
- Malagasy ariary
Dangers and annoyances
- Dangers and annoyances
- Possible criminality risk
- Border Issues
- Airports customs
- Drugs possession
- Not allowed
- Theft & Scams
- High
Credit cards
- Popular
- Yes
- Cards
- Visa
Internet and telephony
- Calling code
- +261
- Internet availability
- Medium
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