Republic o Cabo Verde República de Cabo Verde | |
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Location o Cape Verde (dark blue) – in Africa (light blue & dark grey) | |
Caipital and largest city | Praia 14°55′N 23°31′W / 14.917°N 23.517°W |
Offeecial leids | Portuguese |
Recognised naitional leids | Cape Verdean Creole |
Demonym(s) | Cabo Verdean[1] |
Govrenment | Unitar semi-presidential republic[2] |
• Preses | José Maria Neves |
Ulisses Correia e Silva | |
Legislatur | National Assembly |
Unthirldom | |
• frae Portugal | 5 Julie 1975 |
Aurie | |
• Total | 4,033 km2 (1,557 sq mi) (172nt) |
• Water (%) | negligible |
Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 550.000 (167t) |
• Density | 136/km2 (352.2/sq mi) (89t) |
GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate |
• Total | $4.323 billion |
• Per capita | 7,728[3] |
GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate |
• Tot | $3,651 billion[4] |
• Per capita | $3,287[4] |
Gini (2008) | 47.2[5] heich |
HDI (2015) | 0.646[6] medium · 122nt |
Currency | Cape Verdean escudo (CVE) |
Time zone | UTC-1 (CVT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (no observit) |
Drivin side | richt |
Cawin code | +238 |
ISO 3166 code | CV |
Internet TLD | .cv |
Cape Verde /ˌkeɪp ˈvɜːrd/ (Portuguese: Cabo Verde, pronounced: [ˈkabu ˈveɾdɨ]), offeecially the Republic o Cabo Verde,[7] is a wee island kintra, spannin an archipelago o 10 islands locatit in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres aff the coast o Wastren Africae. The islands, kiverin a combined aurie o slichtly ower 4,000 square kilometre (1,500 sq mi), are o volcanic origin an while three o them (Sal, Boa Vista an Maio) are fairly flat, sandy an dry, the remainin anes are generally rockier an haes mair vegetation. Acause o the infrequent occurrence o rainfaa, the oweraw landscape isnae parteecularly green, in maugre o whit the kintra's name suggests (verde is Portuguese for "green"). The name o the kintra stems insteid frae the naurhaun Cap Vert, on the Senegalese coast.[8]
On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I send best wishes to Cabo Verdeans as you celebrate 39 years of independence on July 5.
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