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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 ...
The islands of Cape Verde were discovered in 1444 by Prince Henry the Navigator (Son of King John I) and Antonio Noli, in the service of Henry's relative King Afonso V.The southeastern islands, including the largest island Santiago, were discovered in 1460 by António de Noli and Diogo Gomes.
Map of Cape Verde. Coat of arms of Portuguese Cape Verde. The islands of Cape Verde were uninhabited when discovered and claimed by Portugal in 1456. A Portuguese colony was established in 1462. The islands were united as a single crown colony in 1587. In 1951, the islands became an overseas province of Portugal. Autonomy was granted in 1974 ...
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 ...
In 1972, during the Portuguese Colonial War, autonomy was granted to the islands and Portuguese Cape Verde held its only parliamentary elections in 1973, however, unlike other Portuguese colonies, there was no armed conflict in Cape Verde, and ultimately independence for Cape Verde resulted from negotiation with Portugal after the April 1974 ...
Cidade Velha ([siˈðaðɨ ˈvɛʎɐ], Portuguese for "old city", also: Santiago de Cabo Verde) is a city [2] in the southern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. Founded in 1462 by Portuguese traders, [ 3 ] : 77 it is the oldest settlement in Cape Verde and its former capital.
United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Cape Verde (5 P) Pages in category "History of Cape Verde" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
In 1995, it was estimated that there were 50,000 people of Cape Verdean descent or national origin in Portugal. [2] By 2000, this estimation rose to 83,000 people, of which 90% resided in Greater Lisbon." [3] In 2008, Portugal’s National Statistics Institute estimated that there were 68,145 Cape Verdeans who legally resided in Portugal. This ...