Outline of Cape Verde
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Archipelago
An archipelago , sometimes called an island group, is a chain or cluster of islands. The word archipelago is derived from the Greek ἄρχι- – arkhi- and πέλαγος – pélagos through the Italian arcipelago...
in the Macaronesia
Macaronesia
Macaronesia is a modern collective name for several groups of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean near Europe and North Africa belonging to three countries: Portugal, Spain, and Cape Verde...
ecoregion
Ecoregion
An ecoregion , sometimes called a bioregion, is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than an ecozone and larger than an ecosystem. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of land or water, and contain characteristic, geographically distinct assemblages of natural...
of the North Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
, off the western coast of Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
. The previously uninhabited island
Desert island
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s were discovered and colonized
Colony
In politics and history, a colony is a territory under the immediate political control of a state. For colonies in antiquity, city-states would often found their own colonies. Some colonies were historically countries, while others were territories without definite statehood from their inception....
by the Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
in the 15th century (though there may have been earlier discoveries), and attained independence
Independence
Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state in which its residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory....
in 1975.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Cape Verde:
General reference
- Pronunciation: ˌkeɪp ˈvɜrd
- Common English country name: Cape VerdeCape VerdeThe Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...
- Official English country name: The Republic of Cape Verde
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Cape VerdeanCape VerdeanCape Verdean may refer to:* Something of, from, or related to the country of Cape Verde* A person from Cape Verde, or of Cape Verdean descent. For information about the Cape Verdean people, see Demographics of Cape Verde and Culture of Cape Verde. For specific persons, see List of Cape Verdeans.*...
- Demonym(s): Cape Verdeans
- EtymologyEtymologyEtymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.For languages with a long written history, etymologists make use of texts in these languages and texts about the languages to gather knowledge about how words were used during...
: Name of Cape Verde - ISO country codes: CV, CPV, 132
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:CVISO 3166-2:CVISO 3166-2:CV is the entry for Cape Verde in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Cape Verde, ISO 3166-2 codes...
- InternetInternetThe Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
country code top-level domainCountry code top-level domainA country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....
: .cv.cv.cv is the country code top-level domain for Cape Verde. It is managed by the National Communications Agency...
Geography of Cape Verde
- Cape Verde is: an island country of 10 islandIslandAn island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
s and 8 isletIsletAn islet is a very small island.- Types :As suggested by its origin as islette, an Old French diminutive of "isle", use of the term implies small size, but little attention is given to drawing an upper limit on its applicability....
s - Population of Cape Verde: 436,821(2008) - 165th most populous country
- Area of Cape Verde: 4033 square kilometres (1,557.2 sq mi) - 172nd largest country
- Atlas of Cape Verde
Location
- Cape Verde is situated within:
- Northern HemisphereNorthern HemisphereThe Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of its equator—the word hemisphere literally means “half sphere”. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator...
and Western HemisphereWestern HemisphereThe Western Hemisphere or western hemisphere is mainly used as a geographical term for the half of the Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian and east of the Antimeridian , the other half being called the Eastern Hemisphere.In this sense, the western hemisphere consists of the western portions... - Atlantic OceanAtlantic OceanThe Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
- MacaronesiaMacaronesiaMacaronesia is a modern collective name for several groups of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean near Europe and North Africa belonging to three countries: Portugal, Spain, and Cape Verde...
- Macaronesia
- AfricaAfricaAfrica is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
- West AfricaWest AfricaWest Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the UN definition of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries and an area of approximately 5 million square km:-Flags of West Africa:...
- West Africa
- Northern Hemisphere
- Time zoneTime zoneA time zone is a region on Earth that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. In order for the same clock time to always correspond to the same portion of the day as the Earth rotates , different places on the Earth need to have different clock times...
: Cape Verde TimeCape Verde TimeCape Verde Time, or CVT, is a time zone used by the Atlantic island nation of Cape Verde. The zone is one hour behind UTC .Daylight saving time is not observed in this time zone....
(UTC-01) - Extreme points of Cape Verde
- High: Mount FogoMount FogoPico do Fogo is the highest peak of Cape Verde, rising to above sea level. It is an active stratovolcano lying on the island of Fogo. The main cone last erupted in 1675, causing mass emigration from the island, while a subsidiary vent erupted in 1995...
2829 m (9,281 ft) - Low: North Atlantic Ocean 0 m
- High: Mount Fogo
- Land boundaries: none
- Coastline: 965 km
Environment of Cape Verde
- Climate of Cape Verde
- Cape Verde-type hurricaneCape Verde-type hurricaneA Cape Verde-type hurricane is an Atlantic hurricane that develops near the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa. The average hurricane season has about two Cape Verde-type hurricanes, which are usually the largest and most intense storms of the season because they often have plenty of...
- Cape Verde-type hurricane
- Environmental issues in Cape Verde
- Ecoregions in Cape Verde
- Renewable energy in Cape Verde
- Geology of Cape VerdeGeology of Cape VerdeCape Verde is a volcanic archipelago situated above an oceanic rise that puts the base of the islands 2 km above the rest of the seafloor. Cape Verde has been identified as a hotspot and it has been argued that a mantle plume might be underneath it causing the volcanic activity and associated...
- Protected areas of Cape Verde
- Biosphere reserves in Cape Verde
- National parks of Cape Verde
- Wildlife of Cape VerdeWildlife of Cape VerdeThe wildlife of Cape Verde is spread over its archipelago of ten islands and three islets, which all have parks under their jurisdiction by decree promulgated by the Republic of Cape Verde. Located off the west coast of Africa, the total land area of the island nation is...
- Flora of Cape Verde
- Fauna of Cape Verde
- Birds of Cape Verde
- Mammals of Cape Verde
Natural geographic features of Cape Verde
- Glaciers in Cape Verde: none
- Islands of Cape Verde
- Mountains of Cape Verde
- Volcanoes in Cape Verde
- Valleys of Cape Verde
- World Heritage Sites in Cape Verde: none
- World Heritage Site candidates in Cape Verde: Cidade VelhaCidade VelhaCidade Velha , or simplyCidadi in Cape Verdean Creole, is a city located 15 km from Praia on the island of Santiago. It is the oldest settlement in Cape Verde and used to serve as the capital of Cape Verde...
- World Heritage Site candidates in Cape Verde: Cidade Velha
Ecoregions of Cape Verde
- Main article: Ecoregions in Cape Verde
Administrative divisions of Cape Verde
- Main article: Administrative divisions of Cape VerdeAdministrative divisions of Cape VerdeThe territory of Cape Verde is divided into 22 concelhos , and subdivided into 32 freguesias ....
- Municipalities of Cape Verde
Municipalities of Cape Verde
- Capital of Cape Verde: Praia
- Cities of Cape Verde
Government and politics of Cape Verde
- Main article: Government of Cape Verde and Politics of Cape VerdePolitics of Cape VerdePolitics of Cape Verde takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Cape Verde is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the...
- Form of governmentForm of governmentA form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized. Synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government".-Empirical and conceptual problems:...
: parliamentaryParliamentary systemA parliamentary system is a system of government in which the ministers of the executive branch get their democratic legitimacy from the legislature and are accountable to that body, such that the executive and legislative branches are intertwined....
representative democraticRepresentative democracyRepresentative democracy is a form of government founded on the principle of elected individuals representing the people, as opposed to autocracy and direct democracy...
republicRepublicA republic is a form of government in which the people, or some significant portion of them, have supreme control over the government and where offices of state are elected or chosen by elected people. In modern times, a common simplified definition of a republic is a government where the head of... - Capital of Cape Verde: Praia
- Elections in Cape VerdeElections in Cape VerdeElections in Cape Verde gives information on election and election results in Cape Verde. An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office...
- (specific elections)
- Political parties in Cape Verde
- Political scandals of Cape Verde
- Taxation in Cape Verde
Executive branch of the government of Cape Verde
- Head of stateHead of StateA head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...
: President of Cape Verde, Pedro PiresPedro PiresPedro Verona Rodrigues Pires was the President of Cape Verde from March 2001 to September 2011. Before becoming President, he was Prime Minister from 1975 to 1991.... - Head of governmentHead of governmentHead of government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet. In a parliamentary system, the head of government is often styled prime minister, chief minister, premier, etc...
: Prime Minister of Cape Verde, José Maria NevesJosé Maria NevesJosé Maria Pereira Neves on the island of Santiago , is the Prime Minister of Cape Verde.“José Maria Neves became interested in the politics and government of Cape Verde as a teen-ager.” “He was the leader of a nationalist youth organization during the country’s transition from Portuguese rule to... - Cabinet of Cape Verde
Judicial branch of the government of Cape Verde
- Supreme Court of Cape Verde
Foreign relations of Cape Verde
- Diplomatic missions in Cape Verde
- Diplomatic missions of Cape VerdeDiplomatic missions of Cape VerdeThis is a list of diplomatic missions of Cape Verde, excluding honorary consulates. Cape Verde is a small Portuguese speaking island nation in the Atlantic Ocean just west of Senegal.-Europe:** Vienna ** Brussels ** Paris...
International organization membership
Cape Verde is a member of:- African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
- African UnionAfrican UnionThe African Union is a union consisting of 54 African states. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established on 9 July 2002, the AU was formed as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity...
(AU) - African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
- Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP)
- Economic Community of West African StatesEconomic Community of West African StatesThe Economic Community of West African States is a regional group of fifteen West African countries. Founded on 28 May 1975, with the signing of the Treaty of Lagos, its mission is to promote economic integration across the region....
(ECOWAS) - Food and Agriculture OrganizationFood and Agriculture OrganizationThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and...
(FAO) - Group of 77Group of 77The Group of 77 at the United Nations is a loose coalition of developing nations, designed to promote its members' collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations. There were 77 founding members of the organization, but the organization has...
(G77) - International Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentInternational Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentThe International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is one of five institutions that compose the World Bank Group. The IBRD is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by World War II. Now, its mission has expanded to fight...
(IBRD) - International Civil Aviation OrganizationInternational Civil Aviation OrganizationThe International Civil Aviation Organization , pronounced , , is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth...
(ICAO) - International Criminal CourtInternational Criminal CourtThe International Criminal Court is a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression .It came into being on 1 July 2002—the date its founding treaty, the Rome Statute of the...
(ICCt) (signatory) - International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
- International Development AssociationInternational Development AssociationThe International Development Association , is the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries. It complements the World Bank's other lending arm — the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development — which serves middle-income countries with capital investment and...
(IDA) - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent SocietiesInternational Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent SocietiesThe International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is a humanitarian institution that is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement along with the ICRC and 186 distinct National Societies...
(IFRCS) - International Finance CorporationInternational Finance CorporationThe International Finance Corporation promotes sustainable private sector investment in developing countries.IFC is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States....
(IFC) - International Fund for Agricultural DevelopmentInternational Fund for Agricultural DevelopmentThe International Fund for Agricultural Development , a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. IFAD is dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries...
(IFAD) - International Labour OrganizationInternational Labour OrganizationThe International Labour Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues pertaining to international labour standards. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secretariat — the people who are employed by it throughout the world — is known as the...
(ILO) - International Maritime OrganizationInternational Maritime OrganizationThe International Maritime Organization , formerly known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization , was established in Geneva in 1948, and came into force ten years later, meeting for the first time in 1959...
(IMO) - International Monetary FundInternational Monetary FundThe International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
(IMF) - International Olympic CommitteeInternational Olympic CommitteeThe International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
(IOC) - International Organization for MigrationInternational Organization for MigrationThe International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization. It was initially established in 1951 as the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration to help resettle people displaced by World War II....
(IOM) - International Red Cross and Red Crescent MovementInternational Red Cross and Red Crescent MovementThe International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human...
(ICRM)
- International Telecommunication UnionInternational Telecommunication UnionThe International Telecommunication Union is the specialized agency of the United Nations which is responsible for information and communication technologies...
(ITU) - International Telecommunications Satellite OrganizationInternational Telecommunications Satellite OrganizationThe International Telecommunications Satellite Organization is an intergovernmental organisation charged with overseeing the public service obligations of Intelsat.-External links:*...
(ITSO) - International Trade Union ConfederationInternational Trade Union ConfederationThe International Trade Union Confederation is the world's largest trade union federation. It was formed on November 1, 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the World Confederation of Labour...
(ITUC) - Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee AgencyMultilateral Investment Guarantee AgencyThe Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency is a member organization of the World Bank Group that offers political risk insurance. It was established to promote foreign direct investment into developing countries. MIGA was founded in 1988 with a capital base of $1 billion and is headquartered in...
(MIGA) - Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
- Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
- Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
- União Latina
- United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
(UN) - United Nations Conference on Trade and DevelopmentUnited Nations Conference on Trade and DevelopmentThe United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body. It is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment, and development issues....
(UNCTAD) - United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- United Nations Industrial Development OrganizationUnited Nations Industrial Development OrganizationThe United Nations Industrial Development Organization , French/Spanish acronym ONUDI, is a specialized agency in the United Nations system, headquartered in Vienna, Austria...
(UNIDO) - Universal Postal UnionUniversal Postal UnionThe Universal Postal Union is an international organization that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to the worldwide postal system. The UPU contains four bodies consisting of the Congress, the Council of Administration , the Postal Operations Council and the...
(UPU) - World Customs OrganizationWorld Customs OrganizationThe World Customs Organization is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. With its worldwide membership, the WCO is recognized as the voice of the global customs community...
(WCO) - World Federation of Trade UnionsWorld Federation of Trade UnionsThe World Federation of Trade Unions was established in 1945 to replace the International Federation of Trade Unions. Its mission was to bring together trade unions across the world in a single international organization, much like the United Nations...
(WFTU) - World Health OrganizationWorld Health OrganizationThe World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
(WHO) - World Intellectual Property OrganizationWorld Intellectual Property OrganizationThe World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world"....
(WIPO) - World Meteorological OrganizationWorld Meteorological OrganizationThe World Meteorological Organization is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 189 Member States and Territories. It originated from the International Meteorological Organization , which was founded in 1873...
(WMO) - World Tourism OrganizationWorld Tourism OrganizationThe World Tourism Organization , based in Madrid, Spain, is a United Nations agency dealing with questions relating to tourism. It compiles the World Tourism rankings. The World Tourism Organization is a significant global body, concerned with the collection and collation of statistical information...
(UNWTO) - World Trade OrganizationWorld Trade OrganizationThe World Trade Organization is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1, 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , which commenced in 1948...
(WTO)
Law and order in Cape Verde
- Main article: Law of Cape Verde
- Capital punishment in Cape VerdeCapital punishment in Cape VerdeThere is no capital punishment in current Cape Verdean law. The highest sentence is 25 years. The last execution was performed in 1835, when the islands were part of the Portuguese Empire....
- Constitution of Cape Verde
- Crime in Cape VerdeCrime in Cape VerdeThe minor crimes of petty theft and burglary are common in Cape Verde, especially in crowds, such as market places, festivals, and celebrations. Often the perpetrators of these crimes are gangs of street children...
- Human rights in Cape VerdeHuman rights in Cape VerdeHuman rights in Cape Verde are addressed under the national constitution.The 2009 Human Rights Report by the United States Department of State noted that in general, the government respected the basic rights of citizens, however there were concerns in certain areas such as prison conditions, legal...
- LGBT rights in Cape VerdeLGBT rights in Cape VerdeLesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Cape Verde may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is legal in Cape Verde, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal...
- Freedom of religion in Cape VerdeFreedom of religion in Cape VerdeThe constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the government generally respected this right in practice. Government policy continued to contribute to the generally free practice of religion...
- LGBT rights in Cape Verde
- Law enforcement in Cape VerdeLaw enforcement in Cape VerdeThe Judicial Police was established on 12 May 1993 by Legislative Decrees nos. 4 and 5 / 93, in the legislative authority granted by Law No. 65/IV/92 of 30 September....
Military of Cape Verde
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- Main article: Military of Cape VerdeMilitary of Cape VerdeCurrently, the People's Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cape Verde are undergoing major reorganisation. The force has two independent branches, the Army and the Coast Guard. Both branches have their own air arm made up of mostly surveillance and transport aircraft...
- Command
- Commander-in-chief of Cape Verde: the President of Cape Verde, Pedro PiresPedro PiresPedro Verona Rodrigues Pires was the President of Cape Verde from March 2001 to September 2011. Before becoming President, he was Prime Minister from 1975 to 1991....
- Ministry of Defence of Cape Verde
- Commander-in-chief of Cape Verde: the President of Cape Verde, Pedro Pires
- Forces
- Army of Cape Verde
- Navy of Cape Verde
- Air Force of Cape Verde
- Special forces of Cape Verde
- Military history of Cape Verde
- Military ranks of Cape Verde
History of Cape Verde
- Main article: History of Cape VerdeHistory of Cape Verde- Early records :The first written record of Cape Verde can be found in the works "De choreographia" by Pomponius Mela and "Historia naturalis" by Pliny the Elder...
, Timeline of the history of Cape Verde, and Current events of Cape Verde
- Economic history of Cape Verde
- Military history of Cape Verde
Culture of Cape Verde
- Main article: Culture of Cape VerdeCulture of Cape VerdeThe culture of Cape Verde features literature including Claridade, Negrume and others and writers including Sergio Frusoni, Manuel Lopes, Ovídio Martins and more. The culture also has music proprieties including morna, funaná, coladera, tabanka and more...
- Architecture of Cape Verde
- Cuisine of Cape Verde
- Ethnic minorities in Cape Verde
- Festivals in Cape Verde
- Humor in Cape Verde
- Languages of Cape Verde
- Media in Cape Verde
- National symbols of Cape Verde
- Coat of arms of Cape Verde
- Flag of Cape VerdeFlag of Cape VerdeThe national flag of Cape Verde was adopted on September 22, 1992, replacing the flag adopted during Cape Verdean independence, fought for with Guinea-Bissau, another former Portuguese colony on mainland West Africa.- Description :...
- National anthem of Cape Verde
- People of Cape Verde
- Prostitution in Cape Verde
- Public holidays in Cape Verde
- Records of Cape Verde
- Religion in Cape VerdeReligion in Cape VerdeMore than 93% of the population of Cape Verde is nominally Roman Catholic, according to an informal poll taken by local churches. About 5% of the population is Protestant. The largest Protestant denomination is the Church of the Nazarene...
- Buddhism in Cape Verde
- Christianity in Cape Verde
- Hinduism in Cape Verde
- Islam in Cape VerdeIslam in Cape VerdeIslam in Cape Verde is a minority religion with a small but growing community. Most Muslims are immigrants from Senegal and other neighboring countries, and are active in small-scale commerce and souvenir trade....
- Judaism in Cape Verde
- Sikhism in Cape Verde
- Roman Catholicism in Cape VerdeRoman Catholicism in Cape VerdeThe Roman Catholic Church in the Cape Verde is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome....
- World Heritage Sites in Cape Verde: none
- World Heritage Site candidates in Cape Verde: Cidade VelhaCidade VelhaCidade Velha , or simplyCidadi in Cape Verdean Creole, is a city located 15 km from Praia on the island of Santiago. It is the oldest settlement in Cape Verde and used to serve as the capital of Cape Verde...
- World Heritage Site candidates in Cape Verde: Cidade Velha
Art in Cape Verde
- Art in Cape Verde
- Cinema of Cape Verde
- Literature of Cape Verde
- Music of Cape VerdeMusic of Cape VerdeCape Verde is known internationally for morna, a form of folk music usually sung in the Cape Verdean Creole, accompanied by clarinet, violin, guitar and cavaquinho. The islands also boast funaná, coladeira, batuque and zouk music.-History:...
- Television in Cape Verde
- Theatre in Cape Verde
Sports in Cape Verde
- Main article: Sports in Cape Verde
- Football in Cape VerdeFootball in Cape VerdeFootball is the most popular sport in Cape Verde. The league is divided into eleven divisions, of which seven of them are singles and two islands, Santiago and Santo Antão has two zones since 2000...
- Cape Verde at the OlympicsCape Verde at the OlympicsCape Verde has sent athletes to every Summer Olympic Games held since 1996, although the country has never won an Olympic medal. No athletes from Cape Verde have competed in any Winter Olympic Games....
Economy and infrastructure of Cape Verde
- Main article: Economy of Cape VerdeEconomy of Cape VerdeCape Verde is a small archipelagic nation that lacks resources and has experienced severe droughts. Agriculture is made difficult by lack of rain and is restricted to only four islands for most of the year. Most of the nation's GDP comes from the service industry...
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 160th (one hundred and sixtieth)
- Agriculture in Cape VerdeAgriculture in Cape Verde-Crops:The most widespread agricultural activity of the Cape Verde islands is gardening for domestic consumption. Garden crops include corn, cassava, sweet potatoes, and bananas. Only about 11.2 percent of the land area is suitable for crop production. Frequent droughts oft en exacerbate an ongoing...
- Banking in Cape Verde
- National Bank of Cape Verde
- Communications in Cape VerdeCommunications in Cape VerdeCommunications in Cape Verde.Telephones - main lines in use:72 764 Telephones - mobile cellular:496 900 Telephone system:general assessment:...
- Internet in Cape Verde
- Companies of Cape Verde
- Currency of Cape VerdeCurrencyIn economics, currency refers to a generally accepted medium of exchange. These are usually the coins and banknotes of a particular government, which comprise the physical aspects of a nation's money supply...
: Escudo- ISO 4217ISO 4217ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Standards Organization, which delineates currency designators, country codes , and references to minor units in three tables:* Table A.1 – Current currency & funds code list...
: CVECVECVE may stand for:*Cabo Verde Express, Cape Verde, ICAO airline designator*Canadian Venture Exchange, the Canadian stock exchange for small capitalization companies*Cape Verdean escudo, the ISO 4217 code for the currency of Cape Verde...
- ISO 4217
- Economic history of Cape Verde
- Energy in Cape VerdeEnergy in Cape VerdeEnergy in Cape Verde is an industry without much capacity to grow other than the thermal electricity industry due to the small area of the country.-Electricity:...
- Energy policy of Cape Verde
- Oil industry in Cape Verde
- Health care in Cape Verde
- Mining in Cape Verde
- Cape Verde Stock Exchange
- Tourism in Cape VerdeTourism in Cape VerdeTourism in Cape Verde, a group of islands off the coast of Senegal, started in the 1970s on the island Sal and increased slowly in the 1980s and 1990s....
- Transport in Cape VerdeTransport in Cape VerdeIn Cape Verde, most of the transportation between islands is done by plane. There are regular flights to and from the major islands , with less frequent flights to the other islands. Boat transportation is also available, though not widely used nor dependable. In the major cities, public bus...
- Airports in Cape Verde
- Roads in Cape Verde
- Water supply and sanitation in Cape Verde
See also
- Index of Cape Verde-related articles
- List of Cape Verde-related topics
- List of international rankings
- Member state of the United Nations
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