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1 First inhabitants and settlements (500 BCE–700 CE) ... The country gained full independence from France in 1960. Madagascar's First Republic (1960–1972) ...
Artist's interpretation of 16th century Vazimba village in highland Madagascar (1978). The Vazimba (Malagasy [vaˈʒimbə̥]), according to popular belief, were the first inhabitants of Madagascar.
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]
Andriamanelo waged war against the Vazimba in an effort to expel them from the highlands. Madagascar's central highlands were first inhabited between 200 BC–300 AD by the island's earliest settlers, [3] the Vazimba, who appear to have arrived by pirogue from southeastern Borneo to establish simple villages in the island's dense forests. [4]
Longyearbyen founded 1906 and continuously inhabited except for World War II. [116] Indian Ocean: Mauritius: 1638: Vieux Grand Port: First settled by Dutch under Cornelius Gooyer. [117] Indian Ocean: Réunion: 1642: Settled 1642 by a dozen deported French mutineers from Madagascar, who were returned to France several years later.
Madagascar's central highlands were first inhabited between 200 BCE–300 CE by the island's earliest settlers, the Vazimba, who appear to have arrived by pirogue from southeastern Borneo and established simple villages in the island's dense forests. [2]
Madagascar's central highlands, including the area around Ambohimanga, were first inhabited between 200 BCE–300 CE by the island's earliest settlers, [3] the Vazimba, who appear to have arrived by pirogue from southeastern Borneo to establish simple villages in the island's dense forests. [4]
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