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47.1 21.2 25.9 0.2 6.72 144.4 43.65 1968 ... Malay and Indian ancestries are also important components in the group of people known in South Africa as Cape ...
A large proportion (236,000) of Cape Verdeans live on the main island, Santiago. [1] Many more live abroad in the Cape Verdean diaspora in mainland Africa, Europe, U.S., Brazil, et cetera. The archipelago of Cape Verde was first discovered and claimed by Portuguese sailors working for the Portuguese Crown in 1456. Cape Verdeans are West African.
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Cape Verde, 17°33'22" W, the westernmost point, is a distance of approximately 7,400 km (4,600 mi) to Ras Hafun, 51°27'52" E, the most easterly projection that neighbours Cape Guardafui, the tip of the Horn of Africa. [165] Africa's largest country is Algeria, and its smallest country is Seychelles, an archipelago off the east coast. [167]
This article is a list of various nations' armed forces ranking designations. Comparisons are made between the different systems used by nations to categorize the hierarchy of an armed force compared to another.
Blomidon Railway - began work to build a line from Wolfville to Cape Split in 1911, but ceased on the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. [2] Chignecto Ship Railway - a portage railway was begun across the Isthmus of Chignecto in 1888, in lieu of a ship canal. Ships were to be pulled along it in cradles. The work was abandoned uncompleted ...
Faerûn (/ f eɪ ˈ r uː n / fay-ROON) is a fictional continent and the primary setting of the Dungeons & Dragons world of Forgotten Realms.It is described in detail in several editions of the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (first published in 1987 by TSR, Inc.) with the most recent being the 5th edition from Wizards of the Coast, [1] [2] and various locales and aspects are described in ...
The second Norwegian tanker in ten days to have an explosion and fire evacuated 29 members of its crew into two lifeboats, 350 nautical miles (650 km; 400 mi) southeast of Cape Farewell, Greenland The master, chief mate and first engineer remained behind, and were four days later by USCGC Absecon ( United States Coast Guard). One man was found ...