Cape Verde Country Info - Africa

Description and Basic Information

Cape Verde with its capital Praia is located in Africa (Western Africa, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean). It covers some 4,034 square kilometres (slightly larger than Rhode Island) with 426,000 citizens. Portuguese is the language spoken by people in Cape Verde.

Cape Verde is a country in West Africa. It comprises a group of islands of the Atlantic Ocean, west of Senegal. It is part of the region of Islands collectively known as Macaronesia. Most Cape Verdeans have both African and Portuguese antecedents. Cape Verde’s climate is temperate, with a warm, dry summer. Precipitation is meager and very erratic. If you are arriving from a country with a Cape Verde embassy, you will be required to purchase a Visa in advance. Timetables in Cape Verde are not to be taken too seriously - don't be too surprised if that boat departs ahead of schedule or if that flight suddenly gets postponed until tomorrow. This is important to consider if you decide to do some island-hopping. The official language is Portuguese, used in all official publications and announcemnts as well as in business, media and schools, but the local language is Cape Verdean Creole.

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About Cape Verde

The topography features steep, rugged, rocky, volcanic. The average density of population is about 105 per km². The climate in Cape Verde can be described as temperate with warm, dry summer, precipitation meager and erratic. Potential natural disasters are prolonged droughts or seasonal harmattan wind produces obscuring dust or volcanically and seismically active.

To reach someone in Cape Verde dial +238 prior to a number. There are 72,200 installed telephones. And there are 392,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".cv". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz. The following list are the 22 regions/states in Cape Verde we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Cape Verdean population grew at a rate of 1.46% (or by 7,421 citizens). With 3,261 deaths and 11,023 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.53%. -341 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Cape Verde: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.