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Demographics of Cape Verde, Data of FAO, year 2005; Number of inhabitants in thousands. According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [2] [3] the total population was 587,925 in 2021, compared to only 178,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 31.8%, 62.3% was between 15 and 65 years of age ...
Cape Verde (/ ˈ v ɜːr d (i)/ ⓘ, VURD(-ee)) or Cabo Verde (/ ˌ k ɑː b oʊ ˈ v ɜːr d eɪ / ⓘ KAH-boh VUR-day, / ˌ k æ b oʊ-/ KAB-oh -, [ˈkabu ˈveɾdɨ]), officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about 4,033 square kilometres ...
Although Cape Verde was neglected by Portugal, Portuguese treatment of Cape Verdeans was differed from their treatment of other colonized peoples; [18] the people of Cape Verde fared slightly better than Africans in other Portuguese colonies because of their lighter skin. A small minority received an education, and Cape Verde was the first ...
Former populated places in Cape Verde (1 C, 1 P) M. Villages and settlements in Maio, Cape Verde (10 P) Municipalities of Cape Verde (22 C, 26 P) S.
Cape Verde's official language is Portuguese. It is the language of instruction and government. [citation needed] Cape Verdean Creole is used colloquially, and is the mother tongue of virtually all Cape Verdeans. Cape Verdean Creole or Kriolu is a Portuguese-based creole, on a dialect continuum, that came from Guinea-Bissau Creole.
Former populated places in Cape Verde (1 C, 1 P) J. Jewish Cape Verdean history (1 C, 6 P) P. Portuguese Cape Verde (20 C, 6 P) S. History of Santiago, Cape Verde (7 P)
This is a list of cities and towns in Cape Verde. In Cape Verde, there are two types of urban settlements: cities (Portuguese: cidades) and towns (Portuguese: vilas). Since 2015, there are 24 cities and 19 towns. [1] Every seat of a municipality has been designated a city.
Cape Verde – sovereign country located on an archipelago in the Macaronesia ecoregion of the North Atlantic Ocean, off the western coast of Africa. [1] The previously uninhabited islands were discovered and colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century (though there may have been earlier discoveries ), and attained independence in 1975.