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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]
Madagascar is a large island in the Indian Ocean located 400 kilometres (250 mi) off the eastern coast of Southern Africa, [1] east of Mozambique. It has a total area of 587,040 square kilometres (226,660 sq mi) with 581,540 square kilometres (224,530 sq mi) of land and 6,900 square kilometres (2,700 sq mi) of water.
Nosy Hao (22°05’S, 43°11’E) (translated: Savage island or Lices island). This island was named Sancti Jacobi on the map of Sanuto in 1588. Furthermore Murder’s Island by W. F. W. Owen in 1824 because of the murder of 2 sailors by the inhabitants. 2,2 km length and 400 m wide, 5,5 km before Andavadoaka.
Thổ Chu Island has only one electric generator for Bai Ngu. The island does not have a water supply network so military personnel and civilians have to dig wells to get water. [6] Mobile information services of Viettel, MobiFone and Vinaphone have reached the island. [14] Thổ Chu Island Lighthouse was set up on January 25, 2000.
Madagascar – sovereign island nation located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. [1] The Island of Madagascar is the fourth-largest island in the world , and is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species , of which more than 80% are endemic to Madagascar. [ 2 ]
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, 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 , the second-largest island country and the 46th largest country overall.
Thổ Châu islands (Vietnamese: Quần đảo Thổ Châu) is an archipelago in the Gulf of Thailand. It constitutes Thổ Châu island district (Vietnamese: Huyện đảo Thổ Châu ) belonging to Kiên Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam .
In 1979, during the Sino-Vietnamese War, Madagascar appealed Vietnam and China to solve the conflict by negotiation. [3] In 1999, The Vietnamese government sent 80 experts, industrial technicians and reproductive products to work in Madagascar synchronized sideways with FAO's sponsors. In 2003, Vietnam and Madagascar signed an agreement on the ...