Chinese people in Madagascar

Chinese people in Madagascar
Sinoa eto Madagasikara
馬達加斯加華人
Total population
70,000–100,000 (2011)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Toamasina · Antananarivo[2]
Languages
Chinese (Cantonese · Mandarin), Malagasy, French
Religion
Roman Catholicism[3]
Related ethnic groups
Sino-Mauritians[4]

Chinese people in Madagascar (Chinese: 馬達加斯加華人, Malagasy: Sinoa eto Madagasikara) are a minority ethnic group of Madagascar and form Africa's third largest overseas Chinese population with a population estimated at between 70,000 and 100,000 in 2011.[5][1] They are divided between local Chinese population called "Sinoa zanatany" who arrived during the french colonization, speaking mostly malagasy dialects, located in eastern and southeastern part of Madagascar and post-colonial chinese migrants speaking mostly Mandarin who live mainly in the capital Antananarivo.

  1. ^ a b Tremann, Cornelia (December 2013). "Temporary Chinese Migration to Madagascar: Local Perceptions, Economic Impacts, and Human Capital Flows" (PDF). African Review of Economics and Finance. 5 (1). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
  2. ^ Man 2006
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference FG543 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Yap & Leong Man 1996, p. 37
  5. ^ Pan 1994, p. 62

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