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area 587,041 sq km, 226,598 sq mi capital
Antananarivo towns chief port Toamasina,
Antseranana, Fianarantsoa, Toliary physical
temperate central highlands; humid valleys
and tropical coastal plains; arid in S
environment according to 1990 UN figures, 93%
of the forest area has been destroyed and
about 100,000 species have been made extinct
features one of the last places to be
inhabited, it evolved in isolation with
unique animals (such as the lemur, now under
threat from deforestation).
head of state Albert Zafy from 1993 head of
government Francisque Ravony from 1993
political system emergent democratic republic
political parties National Front for the
Defense of the Malagasy Socialist Revolution
(FNDR); AKFM-Congress and AKFM-Renewal, both
left of center; Social Democratic Party
(PSD), center-left. Major parties operate in
broad coalitions exports coffee, cloves,
vanilla, sugar, chromite, shrimps currency
Malagasy franc population (1992) 12,804,000,
mostly of Malayo-Indonesian origin; growth
rate 3.2% p.a.