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contexts > geographicals > islands > Indian Ocean islands > Madagascar
... > social science subjects > geography > geographic features > landforms > islands > Indian Ocean islands > Madagascar
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Madagascar  

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  • Madagascar, formerly known as the Malagasy Republic, is the fourth largest island in the world. It was a French colony until it gained independence in 1960, and has remained desperately poor. [Source: Encyclopedia of Motherhood; Madagascar]

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