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Guide to Madagascar ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

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Madagascar is an island country in the Indian Ocean whose nearest neighbors are Réunion, Mauritius, Mayotte, and Mozambique. It was formerly a colony of France. The official languages are Malagasy and French.

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Modern Madagascar is divided into 22 regions. The regions used to be second-tier administrative divisions until 2009, when the provinces were dissolved and the regions became first-tier administrative divisions.

Regions (as of 2009)	Former Provinces
Diana (1)	Antsiranana
Sava (2)	Antsiranana
Itasy (3)	Antananarivo
Analamanga (4)	Antananarivo
Vakinankaratra (5)	Antananarivo
Bongolava (6)	Antananarivo
Sofia (7)	Mahajanga
Boeny (8)	Mahajanga
Betsiboka (9)	Mahajanga
Melaky (10)	Mahajanga
Alaotra Mangoro (11)	Toamasina
Atsinanana (12)	Toamasina
Analanjirofo (13)	Tomasina
Amoron'i Mania (14)	Fianarantsoa
Haute-Matsiatra (15)	Fianarantsoa
Vatovavy-Fitovinany (16)	Fianarantsoa
Atsimo-Atsinanana (17)	Fianarantsoa
Ihorombe (18)	Fianarantsoa
Menabe (19)	Toliara
Atsimo-Andrefana (20)
Androy (21)	Toliara
Anosy (22)	Toliara