- The
ariary (sign: Ar; ISO 4217 code MGA) is the
currency of Madagascar. It is
notionally subdivided into 5
iraimbilanja and is one of only two non-decimal...
- to one
fifth of an
ariary.
Iraimbilanja means literally "one iron weight" and was the name of an old coin
worth 1⁄5 of an
ariary. The old
Malagasy franc...
- term for the
franc is iraimbilanja, and five
Malagasy francs is
called ariary. The
first francs to
circulate in
Madagascar were
French francs.
These were...
- currencies: Mauritania,
where 1
ouguiya = 5 khoums, and Madagascar,
where 1
ariary = 5 iraimbilanja. However,
these are only
theoretically non-decimal, as...
-
currencies have non-decimal ratios, the
Mauritanian ouguiya and the
Malagasy ariary; in both
cases the
ratio is 5:1. For these, the "Minor unit"
column shows...
- Gini (2012) 42.6
medium inequality HDI (2022) 0.487 low (177th)
Currency Ariary (MGA) Time zone UTC+3 (EAT) • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (not observed) Date format...
-
Mauritanian ouguiya is in
theory divided into 5 khoums,
while the
Malagasy ariary is
theoretically divided into 5 iraimbilanja. In
these countries, words...
- francs, the
Malagasy franc,
which ran
concurrently with the
Malagasy ariary (1
ariary = 5
Malagasy francs). 1973:
Mauritania leaves,
replacing the franc...
- non-decimal currency:
Mauritania (1
ouguiya = 5 khoums) and
Madagascar (1
ariary = 5 iraimbilanja). In practice, however, the
value of the main unit in each...
- p****enger cars will be 15,000 Malagasy
ariary (3.92
United States dollars),
while tolls for
heavy trucks will be 20,000
ariary (US$5.22). As
construction of the...
