Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, and previously known as the Malagasy Republic, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately 400 kilometres off the coast of East Africa across the Mozambique Channel.
IMadagascar, ngokusemthethweni yiRiphabhlikhi yaseMadagascar, futhi phambilini yaziwa njengeRiphabhulikhi yaseMalagasy, iyizwe eliyisiqhingi elise-Indian Ocean, cishe amakhilomitha angama-400 ukusuka ogwini lwaseMpumalanga Afrika.