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Madagascar is a large island in the Indian Ocean located 400 kilometres (250 mi) off the eastern coast of Southern Africa, [1] east of Mozambique. It has a total area of 587,040 square kilometres (226,660 sq mi) with 581,540 square kilometres (224,530 sq mi) of land and 6,900 square kilometres (2,700 sq mi) of water.
Madagascar, [a] officially the Republic of Madagascar, [b] is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's fourth largest island (after Greenland, New Guinea, and Borneo), the second-largest island country (after Indonesia), and the 46th largest country overall. [14]
The largest island to span two continents and the largest in the Malay Archipelago. 3: Borneo: 748,168: 288,869: Brunei Indonesia Malaysia — Central, East, North, South, and West Kalimantan Sabah and Sarawak: The largest island in Asia. The only island shared by three UN member states. 4: Madagascar (main island) 587,041 [15] 226,658 ...
The autonomous island of Rodrigues is located 560 km (350 mi) to the east of Mauritius, with an area 108 km 2 (42 sq mi). [120] Rodrigues is a volcanic island rising from a ridge along the edge of the Mascarene Plateau. The island is hilly with a central spine culminating in the highest peak, Mountain Limon at 398 m (1,306 ft).
Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately 679 km (422 mi) east of the island of Madagascar and 175 km (109 mi) southwest of the island of Mauritius. As of January 2025, it had a population of 896,175. [1] Its capital and largest city is Saint-Denis.
Madagascar – sovereign island nation located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. [1] The Island of Madagascar is the fourth-largest island in the world , and is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species , of which more than 80% are endemic to Madagascar. [ 2 ]
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's fourth largest island (after Greenland, New Guinea, and Borneo), the second-largest island country (after Indonesia), and the 46th largest country overall.
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