Economic aid - recipient:
$354 million (2001)
Currency (code):
Madagascar ariary (MGA)
Currency code:
MGF
Exchange rates:
Malagasy francs per US dollar - 1,868.9 (2004), 1,238.3 (2003),
1,366.4 (2002), 1,317.7 (2001), 1,353.5 (2000)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Madagascar
Telephones - main lines in use:
59,600 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
279,500 (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: system is above average for the region
domestic: open-wire lines, coaxial cables, microwave radio relay,
and tropospheric scatter links connect regions
international: country code - 261; submarine cable to Bahrain;
satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1
Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2 (plus a number of repeater stations), FM 9, shortwave 6 (2001)