Cape Verde

Republic of Cabo Verde República de Cabo Verde (Portuguese) Repúblika di Kabu Verdi (Cape Verdean Creole)
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Motto:  Unidade, Trabalho, Progresso  (Portuguese) (English: "Unity, Work, Progress")
Anthem: Cântico da Liberdade  (Portuguese) (English: "Chant of Freedom")
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Capital and largest city	Praia 14°55′N 23°31′W / 14.917°N 23.517°W / 14.917; -23.517
Official languages	Portuguese
Recognised national languages	Cape Verdean Creole
Religion	85.3% Christianity —77.3% Catholicism —8.0% Other Christian 10.8% No religion 3.9% Others[1]
Demonym(s)	Cape Verdean or Cabo Verdean[2]
Government	Unitary semi-presidential republic[3]
• President	José Maria Neves
• Prime Minister	Ulisses Correia e Silva
Legislature	National Assembly
Formation
• Independence from Portugal	5 July 1975
• Multi-party system	13 January 1990
Area
• Total	4,033 km2 (1,557 sq mi) (166th)
• Water (%)	negligible
Population
• 2021 estimate	587,925[4][5] (172nd)
• Density	123.7/km2 (320.4/sq mi) (89th)
GDP (PPP)	2019 estimate
• Total	$4.323 billion
• Per capita	$7,728[6]
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	$2.042 billion
• Per capita	$3,651[6]
Gini (2008)	47.2[7] high
HDI (2019)	0.665[8] medium · 126th
Currency	Cape Verdean escudo (CVE)
Time zone	UTC–1 (CVT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC–1 (not observed)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+238
ISO 3166 code	CV
Internet TLD	.cv

Cape Verde (/ˈvɜːrd(i)/ (listen)) or Cabo Verde (/ˌkɑːboʊ ˈvɜːrdeɪ/ (listen), /ˌkæb-/) (Portuguese: Cabo Verde, pronounced: [ˈkabu ˈveɾdɨ]), officially the Republic of Cabo Verde,^[10] is an island country in Africa. It is a group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean, 570 km (354 mi) off the coast of Western Africa. The islands cover a combined area of slightly over 4,000 km² (1,500 sq mi). They have a volcanic origin.

Cape Verde is one of Macaronesia's group of islands.

1. ↑ "Cabo Verde - Religion | Britannica".
2. ↑ John Kerry (8 July 2014). "On the Occasion of the Republic of Cabo Verde's National Day". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 11 July 2014. 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.
3. ↑ Neto, Octávio Amorim; Lobo, Marina Costa (2010). "Between Constitutional Diffusion and Local Politics: Semi-Presidentialism in Portuguese-Speaking Countries". Social Science Research Network. SSRN 1644026. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
4. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
5. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX). population.un.org ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects". www.imf.org.
7. ↑ "GINI index". World Bank. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
8. ↑ Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 15 December 2020. pp. 343–346. ISBN 978-92-1-126442-5. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
9. ↑ "People and Society – Cape Verde". Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
10. ↑ Tanya Basu (12 December 2013). "Cape Verde Gets New Name: 5 Things to Know About How Maps Change". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.