| COUNTRY FACTS: CAPE VERDE | |
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| Name(official): | Republic of Cape Verde |
| Name(short): | Cape Verde |
| Capital City: | Praia |
| Location: | Western Africa Click to enlarge
 Map of Cape Verde |
| Coordinate: | 16 00 N, 24 00 W |
| Independence: | (From Portugal) July 5th; 1975. |
| President: | Pedro Verona PIRES(President) Jose Maria Periera NEVES(Prime Minister) |
| Type of Government: | Republic |
| Total Area: | 4 033sq.km. |
| Population: | 420 977 (July 2006est.) |
| People: | Creole(Mulatto)71%, Africans28%, Europeans 1%. |
| Religion: | Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs); Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene). |
| Languages: | Portuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African words). |
| Literacy: | 76.6%total, 85.5%male, 69.2%female (2003 est.) |
| Currency: | Cape Verdean escudo (1CVE =100cetavos) |
| GDP(per capita): | $6 200 (2005 est.) |
| Arable Land: | 11.41% (2005% est.) |
| Agriculture: | bananas, corn, beans, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, coffee, peanuts; fish. |
| Natural resources: | salt, basalt rock, limestone, kaolin, fish, clay, gypsum. |
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| International Phone Code: | +238 |
ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT
- Bank of Cape Verde
- Ministry of Finance
- Tourism:
MAJOR CITIES
Praia, Mindelo, Petra Badejo.
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS
17 municipalities (concelhos, singular - concelho); Boa Vista, Brava, Maio, Mosteiros, Paul, Praia, Porto Novo, Ribeira Grande, Sal, Santa Catarina, Santa Cruz, Sao Domingos, Sao Filipe, Sao Miguel, Sao Nicolau, Sao Vicente, Tarrafal.