Madagascar is an island country located in southeast Africa, is the first in Africa, the world's fourth largest island, Madagascar has a total area of 587,000 square kilometers, a population of about 27.7 million people, this African island country is one of the least developed countries in the world.
Madagascar is located in southeastern Africa
Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo, is located in the east-central part of the island, the city has 1.9 million people, making it the largest and most prosperous city in Madagascar. In Madagascar, Antananarivo means "city of a thousand warriors", the city is 1275 meters above sea level, is a tropical highland city near the Tropic of Cancer.
Map of Madagascar
Foreigners usually have to transfer planes to Madagascar, from Paris in France, Warsaw in Poland, Nairobi in Kenya, Istanbul in Turkey, Mauritius and other places to Antananarivo Iwatu International Airport, Antananarivo is the transportation hub of Madagascar, with rail and road access to the rest of the island.
Antananarivo streetscape
On the streets of Antananarivo
Shopping in the downtown area of Antananarivo, you will find that the city has both European-style architecture, pedestrians who look very similar to Southeast Asians, and Southeast Asian-style houses, and those who do not know think that they are in Southeast Asian countries. But this is Africa after all, and many Africans with dark skin and curly hair will feel that Antananarivo is a city that integrates the styles of Asia, Africa and Europe, which is very special.
Overlooking Antananarivo
The heart of Antananarivo, Independence Avenue
The center of Antananarivo is a street called Independence Avenue, the busiest part of Madagascar, with the most traditional local market, the Thursday Market, which is full of merchants and goods every Thursday. There are mainly vegetables, fruits, poultry, aquatic products, and many shops and stalls selling stones, and a variety of stones, ore specimens and stone products have become a major feature of the local area.
Thursday market in Antananarivo
Madagascar is a country dominated by agriculture, where the local people eat rice as a staple food, using vegetables, fish, sheep, poultry and other meats to eat with rice, and people here also love to eat peppers, sweet potatoes and yogurt.
In Antananarivo, there is an almost fanatical worship of cattle, which represent wealth locally. Madagascar to add the bull's head as the symbol of the country, there is even a local regulation, one day of the week to let the cattle rest, can not force the cattle to work, for the agriculture-based, mechanized and underdeveloped Madagascar, the cattle are very important livestock, the local people still retain the tradition of cattle farming.
The outskirts of Antananarivo
Bread trees in Madagascar
For foreigners, the impression of Madagascar is wild, primitive, a paradise for all kinds of wild animals, full of life, and hopes that the distant Madagascar will always be peaceful and peaceful.