Travel to the island of Madagascar (36 photos) Bashny.Net

Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, the population (according to 2005 - 18,040,000), covers an area of ​​226,658 square meters. mi (587,045 sq. km) is located on an island in the Indian Ocean, separated from Africa to the east by the Mozambique Channel.



Madagascar - the fourth largest island in the world. The country also includes several small islands, including former French colonies - the island of Juan de Nova, Europa, Glorioso, Tromelin and Bassas da Indiana.



There was once a continent of Gondwana. He broke away from the Shard - mini-continent that is home to lemurs and descendants of famous pirates. There stapler eyes pierce American presidents on banknotes, once a year, pulled out of the crypts bones of dead relatives and wash them. Life there flows poco-poco (slowly). Once poco-poco building socialism. Now periodic shocks occur, during which the wiring of the building, because of what was once a beautiful city built by Europeans look like impoverished aristocrats: proud, but leaky boots. This wonderful island is called Madagascar.