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Geographic Locations > Islands > Indian Ocean Islands > Madagascar
... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Islands > Indian Ocean Islands > Madagascar
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Islands > Indian Ocean Islands > Madagascar

Preferred term

Madagascar  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • One of the Indian Ocean Islands off the southeast coast of Africa. Its capital is Antananarivo. It was formerly called the Malagasy Republic. Discovered by the Portuguese in 1500, its history has been tied predominantly to the French, becoming a French protectorate in 1882, a French colony in 1896, and a territory within the French union in 1946. The Malagasy Republic was established in the French Community in 1958 but it achieved independence in 1960. Its name was changed to Madagascar in 1975. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p714)

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Malagasy Republic

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Madagascar

    French

  • République de Madagascar
  • République malgache

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-DDB39GNZ-9

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