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Madagascar

      Titles Descriptions
  1. CIA World Factbook: Madagascar
  2. Ethnologue Language Database: Madagascar
  3. Index on Africa: Madagascar
  4. Library of Congress Country Studies: Madagascar
  5. Madagascar Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2006
  6. Madagascar Plant Diversity
  7. Madagasikara: The Rainbow Island
  8. Map of Antananarivo, Madagascar
  9. Map of Madagascar
  10. Maps of the Indian Ocean
  11. Political Resources on the Net: Madagascar
  12. World Travel Guide: Madagascar

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CIA World Factbook: Madagascar
Basic reference information about Madagascar, including details of geography, people, economy, government, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, co-ordinates, boundary length, border countries, climate, land use and natural resources.
     Author: CIA
     Subjects: madagascar
     DeweyClass: 916.91
     Resource type: document
Ethnologue Language Database: Madagascar
A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in Madagascar, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language. Also some demographic data such as rates of literacy, blindness and deafness.
     Author: Summer Institute of Linguistics
     Subjects: madagascar
     DeweyClass: 409.691
     Resource type: document
Index on Africa: Madagascar
Links to a range of Internet resources about Madagascar.
     Author: Norwegian Council for Africa
     Subjects: madagascar
     DeweyClass: 969.1
     Resource type: index
Library of Congress Country Studies: Madagascar
Detailed handbook describing the history of Madagascar and analysing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. Particular attention is given to the people who make up the society, their origins, dominant beliefs and values, common interests and the issues on which they are divided, and their attitudes toward each other and toward their social system and political order.
     Author: Library of Congress
     Subjects: madagascar
     DeweyClass: 969.1
     Resource type: documents
Madagascar Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2006
Detailed assessment of human rights practices in Madagascar. Topics assessed include torture, arbitrary detention or exile, fair public trial, freedom of speech and press, freedom of assembly, movement and religion; democratic rights, worker rights, and discrimination based on race, sex, religion, disability, language, or social status.
     Author: US Department of State
     Subjects: madagascar
     DeweyClass: 323.691
     Resource type: document
Madagascar Plant Diversity
Details of several projects and publications about Madagascar, including biodiversity of the coffee family (Rubiaceae), legumes, orchids, phylogeny, tree species, and palms. Madagascar is one of the ecologically richest countries in the world. Its flora is diverse, peculiar, and unique. Of the estimated 12,000 species, over 80% are only found in Madagascar.
     Author: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
     Subjects: biodiversity, coffee, madagascar, plant distribution, trees
     DeweyClass: 580.691
     Resource type: documents, images
Madagasikara: The Rainbow Island
Range of information resources about Madagascar. Headings include flora, fauna, music, tourism, history, landscape and culture.
     Author: Andry Rakotonirainy, Malalanirina Rakotonirainy and Gino Ranaivoarisoa
     Subjects: madagascar
     DeweyClass: 969.1
     Resource type: documents, index
Map of Antananarivo, Madagascar
Map of Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar.
     Author: University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center
     Subjects: madagascar
     DeweyClass: 912.691
     Resource type: map
Map of Madagascar
Map of Madagascar showing the main settlements, boundaries and routes.
     Author: University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center
     Subjects: madagascar
     DeweyClass: 912.691
     Resource type: map
Maps of the Indian Ocean
Set of maps taken from the Indian Ocean Atlas published by the CIA, covering the Arabian Sea Islands, the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India), Christmas Island (Australia) Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia), Comoros, the Maldives, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, the Seychelles, Sri Lanka and Zanzibar.
     Author: Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
     Subjects: australian geography, comoros, madagascar, maldives, maps of asia, mauritius, seychelles, sri lanka, tanzania
     DeweyClass: 912.1824
     Resource type: map collection
Political Resources on the Net: Madagascar
Listing of political resources relevant to Madagascar, with links to parties, organisations, government, media and results of recent elections, where available.
     Author: Torre Argentina Societa di Servizi - Agora telematica Division
     Subjects: madagascar
     DeweyClass: 320.9691
     Resource type: documents, index
World Travel Guide: Madagascar
Basic reference information about Madagascar, such as area, capital, population, population density, geography, language, religion, time zone, history and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, regions, travel, visas, passports, money, health and public holidays.
     Author: Columbus Press
     Subjects: madagascar
     DeweyClass: 916.91
     Resource type: documents