Madagascar

The country calling code for Madagascar is +261. Country calling codes identify the destination country when placing an international call. The international access prefix used to leave your originating country varies by telephone network. On mobile phones, the + symbol is generally used instead. After the country code, dial the local Madagascar number, dropping any leading zero used for domestic dialling.

Madagascar is assigned MG as its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code and MDG as its alpha-3 code. Alpha-2 codes are the two-letter codes used in web addresses, currency pairs and shipping forms. Alpha-3 codes are the three-letter codes used in banking, aviation and international standards work. The internet country code top-level domain for Madagascar is .mg. ISO country codes are standardized identifiers, but they can change when countries or territories undergo changes in international status or classification.

The official currency of Madagascar is the Malagasy ariary, with the ISO 4217 code MGA and the symbol Ar. Prices, salaries and official accounts inside Madagascar are quoted in MGA. Exchange rates move daily, so check a live rate before converting rather than relying on a figure you saw last week.

The primary time zone for Madagascar is +03:00, currently UTC+03:00. The clock reads from your own device, so it follows daylight saving rather than showing a fixed offset.

The capital of Madagascar is Antananarivo. Madagascar sits in Africa, specifically the Eastern Africa subregion. Its approximate centre point is -20.00000000, 47.00000000. Traffic in Madagascar drives on the right. Languages recorded for Madagascar: French, Malagasy.

No land borders are recorded for Madagascar in this dataset, which is typical of island states and territories. The nearby page still ranks the closest countries by straight-line distance.