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The flag of Madagascar was adopted on October 14, 1958, two years before independence, as Madagascar prepared for a referendum on its status in the French Community. Large flag of Madagascar Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook. ... Large flag of Madagascar Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook. ... FIAV usage code 63. ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The French Community was the political entity which replaced the French Union, which in turn was the descendant of the French Empire following the Second World War. ...


The colors of the flag represent Madagascar's history, yearning for independence, and traditional classes. Red and white were the colors of the Merina kingdom, which succumbed to France in 1896. They were used in the flag of the last Merina monarch, Queen Ranavalona III. They may indicate the ethnic origins of the Malagasy people in Southeast Asia, and are shared by the flag of Indonesia. Green was the color of the Hova, the prominent class of peasant commoners, that played an important role in anti-French agitation and the independence movement. Red is a color at the lowest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye. ... White is a color (more accurately it contains all the colors of the visible spectrum and is sometimes described as an achromatic color—black is the absence of color) that has high brightness but zero hue. ... The Merina is the largest ethnic group in Madagascar. ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The national flag of Indonesia is a simple two colour flag with two equal horizontal bands, red (top) and white. ... Look up Green on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Green is a color seen commonly in nature. ... Hova is a nick name for the rap artist Jay-Z Hova, Sweden is a small town in Gullspång Municipality in Sweden Hova was the prominent class of peasant commoners in Madagascar. ...

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Madagascar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3636 words)
The principal institutions of the Republic of Madagascar are a presidency, a parliament (National Assembly and Senate), a prime ministry and cabinet, and an independent judiciary.
Madagascar developed a recovery plan in collaboration with the private sector and donors and presented it at a "Friends of Madagascar" conference organized by the World Bank in Paris in July 2002.
Madagascar's population is predominantly of mixed Asian and African origin, though those who are visibly Asian in appearance and culture are the minority, found in the highland regions.
Flag of Madagascar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (151 words)
The flag of Madagascar was adopted on October 14, 1958, two years before independence, as Madagascar prepared for a referendum on its status in the French Community.
They were used in the flag of the last Merina monarch, Queen Ranavalona III.
Green was the color of the Hova, the prominent class of peasant commoners, that played an important role in anti-French agitation and the independence movement.
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