Africa · DX entity · DXCC 438

Madagascar

Madagascar is a DX entity in Africa, in CQ zone 39 and ITU zone 53. Its primary prefix is 5R.

Flag of Madagascar.

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Figure 1. Madagascar and its autonomous provinces, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.01437 degrees, about 2 km; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 18.8° S 46.9° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	438
Name in the ADIF standard	MADAGASCAR
Continent	Africa
Primary prefix	5R
CQ zone	39
ITU zone	53

Prefixes

5R is the primary prefix. The country files list 3 prefixes and prefix blocks for Madagascar.

Show all prefixes

5R 5S 6X

Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.