LocatedinthesouthwestIndianOcean,separatedfromtheMozambiqueChannelandacrosstheAfricancontinent,istheworld'sfourthlargestislandwithanareaof627,000squarekilometers(includingthesurroundingislands),acoastlineof5,000km.Volcanicislandbyform.Centralto800-1500metersabovesealevelofthecentralplateau,tsaratananamaromokotromountainpeak2,876metersabovesealevel,thehighestpoint.Ribbonfortheeasternlowlands,manysanddunesandlagoons.Westerntilttoeasetheplains,fromthe500-meterlowaltitudegraduallydroppedtothecoastalplain.Therebetsiboka,Qi,Buchner,CaymanandCayman-oldgurufourlargerivers.Thesoutheastcoastoftropicalrainforestclimate,hotandhumidallyearround,theseasondidnotchangesignificantly,thecentralplateautoatropicalclimate,moderatecool,westernsavannahclimate,droughtandlittlerain.
It'scapital-thetowerthatLiFu,beautifulsceneryandapopulationofabout1.4million,isthepolitical,economicandculturalcenter,isalsothecountry'slargestcity.Madagascarpopulationofabout19.6million,morethan98%ofthelocals,aswellasnon-FewIndians,overseasChinese,andsoon.
Itseconomybasedmainlyonagriculture,thecountrymorethan80percentofthepopulationengagedinagriculture,agriculturalproductsaccountedfor70percentofexportearnings.