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Madagascar

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MADAGASCAR
MADAGASCAR

For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here External, to postal code pages here External and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here External.

Table of Contents

Madagascar - Country information

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Local short name form

Official name

Area

Population

27 190 927 (2020 projection) [1]

Capital

Currency

International telephone access code

261

ISO 3166 country codes

Car nationality plate code

RM

Internet country code

MG

GRC Country Code

MAD

Madagascar - Number format

   Note: This section last updated 11th May 2021
   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)

Madagascar - Date formats

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   Note: This section last updated 11th May 2021
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   14:32

Madagascar - Languages

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Six languages are spoken in Madagascar. The national language, Malagasy External, is spoken by 10 152 000 people. Comorian External is spoken by 25 000; French External by 18 000; Antankarana Malagasy External by 88 000; Southern Malagasy External by 2 606 000 and Tsimihety Malagasy External by 1 016 000.

Madagascar - Example address format

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Addresses not written in a native language will be written in French.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired External

Madagascar - Postal codes

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   Note: This section last updated 14th August 2020

The postal code consists of a block of 3 digits. The first digit indicates the province, the final two the commune (municipality). The first two number of the postal codes fall within these ranges: 10-11, 20, 23, 30-32, 40-42, 50-51, 60-62. The codes correspond to administrative districts.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired External

Madagascar - Postal code format graphic

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Madagascar - Postal code format

999

Madagascar - Postal code specifics

Madagascar - Postal code regular expression

\A((1)[0-1][0-9]|(20)[0-9]|(23)[0-9]|(3)[0-2][0-9]|(4)[0-2][0-9]|(5)[0-1][0-9]|(6)[0-2][0-9])\Z

Madagascar - Postal code level of coverage

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Madagascar - Postal code map

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Place names in Madagascar

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   Note: This section last updated 30th August 2014

Refer to Exonyms in Madagascar for full lists of place names in Madagascar in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm External
   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm External

Madagascar - Administrative districts

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   Note: This section last updated 31st December 2022

The 6 provinces External (faritany) of Madagascar were dissolved on 4th October 2009 and replace by 23 regions External (faritra):

Region Previously in the province of Postal code
Alaotra-Mangoro External Toamasina External 5
Amoron’i Mania External Fianarantsoa External 3
Analamanga External Antananarivo External 1
Analanjirofo External Toamasina External 5
Androy External Toliara External 6
Anosy External Toliara External 6
Atsimo-Andrefana External Toliara External 6
Atsimo-Atsinanana External Fianarantsoa External 3
Atsinanana External Toamasina External 5
Betsiboka External Mahajanga External 4
Boeny External Mahajanga External 4
Bongolava External Antananarivo External 1
Diana External Antsiranana External 2
Fitovinany External Fianarantsoa External 3
Ihorombe External Fianarantsoa External 3
Itasy External Antananarivo External 1
Matsiatra Ambony External Fianarantsoa External 3
Melaky External Mahajanga External 4
Menabe External Toliara External 6
Sava External Antsiranana External 2
Sofia External Mahajanga External 4
Vakinankaratra External Antananarivo External 1
Vatovavy External [2] Fianarantsoa External 3
   This regions/postal code data can be acquired as a data file External

Administrative districts graphic

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Telephone numbers in Madagascar

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Madagascan numbers have a length of 9 when called from abroad. Mobile numbers commence with a 3.

References

  1. ^ citypopulation.de/en/madagascar/admin/ External 20230105
  2. ^ actu.orange.mg/la-region-vatovavy-officiellement-la-23eme-region-de-madagascar/ External 20221231

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