GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

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Page last updated on February 5, 2013

Disputes - international:
claims Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, and Juan de Nova Island (all administered by France); the vegetated drying cays of Banc du Geyser, which were claimed by Madagascar in 1976, also fall within the EEZ claims of the Comoros and France (Glorioso Islands, part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands)

Illicit drugs:
illicit producer of cannabis (cultivated and wild varieties) used mostly for domestic consumption; transshipment point for heroin

NOTE: The information regarding Madagascar on this page is re-published from the 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Madagascar Transnational Issues 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Madagascar Transnational Issues 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.