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Madagascar Education
South eastern trade winds dominate the climate and
weather of Madagascar, producing a hot rainy season with
frequently destructive cyclones, and a relatively cooler
dry season. Broadly speaking, the climate is tropical
along the coast, temperate inland, and arid in the south
but factors such as regional elevation produce
significant regional variation. The
Malagasy language is of Malayo-Polynesian origin and is
generally spoken throughout the island. Madagascar is a
francophone country, and French is spoken among the
educated population. The Malagasy ariary is the official
currency of Madagascar. The ISO code for the Malagasy
ariary is MGA. The ariary is only one of two circulating
currencies in the world with division units not based on
a power of ten, but instead each ariary consists of five
iraimbilanja. In 2007, Madagascar population is
hovering at around 19, 500, 000. The growth rate of
Madagascar population in 2007 is 3.008%. Antananarivo is the capital and largest
city in Madagascar. It is also known by its French
colonial shorthand form Tana.
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