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Madagascar Thematic Maps

Country (long form)	Republic of Madagascar
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