Madagascar

Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. The main island, also called Madagascar, is the fourth-largest island in the world.

Archaeologists generally say Madagascar was first inhabited sometime 300BC - 500AD, by Austronesian peoples who arrived on outrigger canoes. Since, there have been many Bantu and Arab influences and population intermixture. Madagascar was ruled by the local Merina kingdom in the 19th century and was part of the French colonial empire from 1890 to 1960, when the current Republic of Madagascar became independent.

Malagasy, the local language spoken by the majority of the population, is an Austronesian language and one of the official languages. The other official languages are French, official since independence, and English, official since 2007.

The main religions are Malagasy mythology and Christianity but there also minorities of other religions, most significantly Islam.

Madagascar is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species, of which more than 80% are endemic to Madagascar.[citation needed] They include the lemur infraorder of primates, the carnivorous fossa, three bird families and six baobab species. ( source Wikipedia )

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[MissSuperLila]

1:26 Oh there's king julian!!!!! :D

[pepix1988]

dios has puesto lo peor de madagascar q podias poner menos en camaleon y 3 mas.

[eltriunfador1000]

ALLÌ INVENTARON LA GOMA DE MASCAR?

[privatepersonalc]

Simply Brilliant!

[ziakasd]

@SaschaHeylik ohhhhhhhhhhh im sorry. you are 15. Also the sun is shinning and the sky is blue.....

[SaschaHeylik]

@ziakasd Put a black haired man, a blonde and a redhead in a row and tell me if you see any difference. It is still one race.

[ziakasd]

@SaschaHeylik one human race? put in a row a man from Africa, from Asia and from Europe and tell me if you can see any difference....

[SaschaHeylik]

@xenon817 youre racist... which doesnt even make sense since theres only one human race.

[skaterheadz559]

@xenon817 your race is human dude?

[xenon817]

Almost all of them are Austronesian and I'm proud to have my race in Africa...