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Cape Verde

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Map of Cape Verde Last reviewed: 25 February 2009

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Map of the Republic of Cape Verde

Area: 4,033 sq km; 1,557 sq miles
Population: 426,800 (2008 est): At least 700,000 Cape Verdeans live outside the country (especially in the US and Portugal).
Capital City: Praia
People and languages: Cape Verdeans are a Luso-African mixture. Portuguese and Crioulo (a mixture of Portuguese and West African vocabulary), are both official languages.
Religion: Christianity (mainly Roman Catholicism).
Currency: Cape Verdean Escudo (CVE), pegged to the Euro.
Major political parties: African Party for Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV, the governing party); Movement for Democracy (MPD) Democratic Alliance for Change (ADM, a coalition of PCD, PTS, and UCID); Democratic Renovation Party (PRD); Party for Democratic Convergence (PCD).
Head of State: President Pedro Pires
Prime Minister: Jose Maria Neves
Membership of international groups/organisations: African Union (AU), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Development Bank (AfDB), CPLP (Organisation of Portuguese Speaking Countries), African Countries with Portuguese as the Official Language (PALOP). 

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Cape Verde

Address:

Embassy of the Republic of Cape Verde
Avenue Jeane 29 1050 Brussels


Telephone:

 (00) 32 2 643 62 70


Fax:

(00) 32 2 646 33 85

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