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Exploring Madagascar
At first impression, the name “MadaCamp” may come across as having something to do with camping in Madagascar. However, this is far from the only topic covered here. Instead, MadaCamp is a metaphor for everything about Madagascar presented within one campsite, so to speak. Anything about Madagascar can be published here as well as edited by anyone.
This wiki includes a Google Map authoring tool for adding satellite maps to pages. To create a Google Map, click on the map button above the editing box for the editor to appear. Find the region you wish to display and thereafter copy the generated <googlemap>...</googlemap> code into the edit box and save the page.
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About Madagascar
Madagascar is located in the Indian Ocean off the eastern coast of Africa. It is the world's fourth largest island, covering a total area of 587,295 square kilometres. The country is divided into six provinces, each named after its capital: Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, Mahajanga, Toliara, and Toamasina also known as Tamatave. The continent separated from Africa 165 million years ago, and since then its flora and fauna have evolved according to its own fantasy, like nowhere else in the world: Lemurs are known worldwide, but the red island (on account of its vividly coloured soil) is home to several endemic species of chameleons, fossas, frogs, birds, snakes, jumping rats, baobabs, carnivorous plants, orchids and many more strange "living beings"! With the lemurs, 80% of its flora, 40% of its birds, 98% of its reptiles being endemic, Madagascar is a naturalist's promised land! The same is true for the Malagasy people, about 20 million: A unique blend of African and Asian, whose culture resembles no other worldwide. The population is divided in 18 ethnic groups. The nomad Vezo fisherman swears only by the sea, the zebu is everything to the Bara of the desertic south, while land is the greatest wealth for the Betsileo of the Malagasy "altiplano". The relative isolation of the island due to geography and recent history, kept the traditional way of living, rites and the ancestral beliefs, very lively and genuine. For the traveller avid to find something different, a dream! Madagascar has it all: Deserted beaches, tropical forests, mountains, spiny forests, rice-terraced highlands. Madagascar in Numbers
Politics and History Newspapers NewsfeedThis is an automatically updated list of article links via Google News using they keyword Madagascar. As it's a machine generated list, some irrelevant links may be included.
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Featured Articles
 On the Trail of Essential Oils with Homeopharma Ferry cycling Madagascar  Tampolodge  Fara's Guest House  Waiters Race  Le Country Club  Tsaranoro  Diego Suarez  Gemcutter Georges Andrianonison  Madagascar's Chocolates  Madagascar's Vanilla  Andafiavaratra Palace  Anakao, an idyllic Vezo fishing village  Ambalavao, a charming town in the highlands  Kimony Beach - Morondava  Madagascar Sapphire Rush  Taxi-brousse, the Malagasy way to travel |
Towns, villages and islands of Madagascar
- Detailed overview of the Regions, Districts and Communes of Madagascar
- Malagasy to English dictionary
Creating and editing pages
To create a new page, point your browser to a page location that does not already exist (eg. madacamp.com/Zebucart) and click the create tab to begin editing. If you would like to experiment first, go to the Sandbox which is a page intended for testing.
To add and use your own images, first sign up and thereafter click on the Upload file link in the toolbox on the left.
This site allows YouTube videos to be embedded directly on pages, see how to here.
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