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The autonomous provinces were created in 2000. The official motivation was to make Madagascar a decentralised federal state. Critics say that the hidden motivation was to make sure that Ratsiraka had a solid support from most of the provinces; his party AREMA won the provincial elections 2000 in all provinces except Antananarivo.
The autonomous provinces, having the same names and territories as the already existing provinces, were created in 2000. During the power struggle after the presidential elections in 2001, five of those provinces, whose governors supported Ratsiraka, declared themselves independent from the republic.
Territorial administration is to be determined by legislation. In an effort to decentralize administration, the constitution calls for the six provinces (faritany) to become autonomous. The provinces are Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara.
Notes: Svalbard, Norway: Although it does not fit the definition of autonomous area (not possessing partial internal sovereignty), Svalbard has the sovereignty of Norway limited by the Spitsbergen Treaty of 1920 [13] and therefore is considered as having special status (as it is considered fully integrated with Norway, and not a dependency, it is a sui generis case).
17 autonomous communities (comunidades autónomas) 50 provinces (provincias) 477 comarcas: 8,129 municipalities (municipios) 2 autonomous municipalities, Ceuta and Melilla, North African coast 3 places of sovereignty (plazas de soberanía) Sri Lanka: Regional 9 provinces: 25 districts: 331 divisions: 14,015 Grama Niladhari: Sudan: Federal 18 states
These are ranked lists of the provinces of Madagascar. Population figures are from 2001. By population ... Province Population Area (km 2) Density 1: Antananarivo (1)
Madagascar is divided into 23 regions (faritra). These formerly second-tier administrative divisions became first-level administrative divisions when the former six provinces were dissolved on 4 October 2009.
Currently for Madagascar, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 6 provinces. The provinces were scheduled to be abolished in 2009, and the country would be divided into 22 regions. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is MG, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Madagascar. The second part is a letter.