Cape Verde
Republic o Cabo Verde República de Cabo Verde | |
|---|---|
 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]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ John Kerry (8 Julie 2014). "On the Occasion of the Republic of Cabo Verde's National Day". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 11 Julie 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.
- ↑ Neto, Octávio Amorim; Lobo, Marina Costa (2010). "Between Constitutional Diffusion and Local Politics: Semi-Presidentialism in Portuguese-Speaking Countries". Social Science Research Network. Retrieved 29 December 2015. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - ↑ "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects". www.imf.org.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedimf2 - ↑ "GINI index". World Bank. Retrieved 26 Julie 2013.
- ↑ "2015 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ↑ Tanya Basu (12 December 2013). "Cape Verde Gets New Name: 5 Things to Know About How Maps Change". National Geographic. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ↑ Lobban, p. 4 Archived 2011-05-11 at the Wayback Machine.
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