Profile of Madagascar

CAPITAL: Antananarivo

CURRENCY: Malagasy ariary

CLIMATE: Madagascar has a hot and subtropical climate, but is colder in the mountains. The south and west regions are hot and dry. Monsoons bring storms and cyclones to the east and north from December to March. The mountains, including Antananarivo, are warm and thundery from November to April and dry, cool and windy the rest of the year.

AIRPORTS: Antanànarìvo Ivato International Airport; Ambatomainty Airport; Antsalova Airport; Arrachart Airport; Amborovy Airport (Philibert Tsiranana Airport); Fascene Airport; Tsiroanomandidy Airport.

LANGUAGE: Malagasy, French, English.

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