Madagascar
/ˌmædəˈgæskə(r)/- an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the east coast of Africa; pop. 20,653,600 (est. 2009); official languages, Malagasy and French; capital, Antananarivo.马达加斯加（印度洋岛国, 与非洲东海岸相望; 2009年估计人口20,653,600; 官方语言为马达加斯加语和法语; 首都安塔那那利佛）。
Settled by peoples of mixed Indo-Melanesian and African descent, Madagascar was visited by the Portuguese in 1500 but resisted colonization until the French established control in 1896. It regained its independence as the Malagasy Republic in 1960, changing its name back to Madagascar in 1975. Madagascar is the fourth-largest island in the world, and many of its plants and animals are not found elsewhere.
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