Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 80% male: 88% female: 73% (1990 est.)
Government Madagascar
Country name: Republic of Madagascar conventional short form: long form: Republique de Madagascar
Government type: republic
Capital: Antananarivo
Administrative divisions: 6 provinces (faritany); Antananarivo,
Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara
Independence: 26 June 1960 (from France)
National holiday: Independence Day, 26 June (1960)
Constitution: 19 August 1992 by national referendum
Legal system: based on French civil law system and traditional Malagasy law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction