Cape Verde

Cape Verde or CV is a country off the coast of . It is in a cluster of , 570 km off the western coast of .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Praia and Cidade Velha.

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— literally "Beach" in Portuguese — is Cape Verde's capital and busiest city. While it's maybe not comparable to a western metropolis, with a population of only about 159,050, one in four Cape Verdeans call the city home and the city is an important thoroughfare for international visitors to the archipelagic country.

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Cidada Velha is a city on the island of , Cape Verde. It is the oldest European city in the Tropics. This is an easy half-day trip from although there probably won't be enough interest to keep you there any longer.

is on the island of . is the cultural capital of Cape Verde. You'll hear traditional music commonly played in bars and restaurants around town.

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is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation's population. Part of the Sotavento Islands, it lies between the islands of and .

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is one of the Barlavento Islands, the northern group within the Cape Verde archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, off the . It is located between the islands of and , with the Canal de separating it from Santo Antão.

is one of the Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic. It lies east of the islands Brava and west of Santiago. The Pico do is with 2,829 m the second highest mountain in the Atlantic and dominates the island, which has a diameter of about 26 km.

is the second biggest of the Cape Verde islands and very different from its barren neighbor, São Vicente, you'll be using as its gateway. is the most northern and the most western island of the archipelago, with the area of 779 km², maximum length of 43 km and maximum width of 24 km.

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is an island in Cape Verde. is a tourist destination with white sandy beaches and over 350 days of sunshine a year. It is one of the three sandy eastern islands of the Cape Verde archipelago in the central Atlantic Ocean, 350 miles off the west coast of Africa.

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or Boavista is the most easterly island of the Cape Verde archipelago, lying in the Atlantic 450 km west of Senegal. It extends about 30 km by 30 km, in outline resembling a fig.

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is an island in Cape Verde. Vila do , or just Vila, is the primary city on the island. It is the home to the island's airport and seaport.

Cape Verde

  • Type: Country with 516,000 residents
  • Description: sovereign state comprising ten islands off the Western coast of Africa
  • Also known as: Cabo Verde”, “Cape Verde Islands”, “Province of Cape Verde”, “Província de Cabo Verde”, “Republic of Cabo Verde”, “Republic of Cape Verde”, and “Republic of Cape Verde Islands
  • Language: Portuguese
  • Categories: sovereign state, island country, archipelagic state, and locality
  • Location:
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Latitude of center
15.0615° or 15° 3′ 41″ north
Longitude of center
-23.6426° or 23° 38′ 33″ west
Population
516,000
Area
4,033 km² (1,557 miles²)
Capital
Currency
Escudo (CVE)
Phone code
.cv
Internet domain
238
Open­Street­Map ID
node 424311151
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­country
Geo­Names ID
3374766
Wiki­data ID
Q1011
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Cape Verde” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: Ареспублика Кабо-Верде
  • Abkhazian: Кабо-Верде
  • Afrikaans: Kaap Verde
  • Akan: Kepvɛdfo Islands
  • Albanian: Kepi i Gjelbër
  • Amharic: ካቦ ቨርዴ
  • Amharic: ኬፕ ቨርድ
  • Amharic: ኬፕ ቬርዴ
  • Angika: केप वर्डे
  • Arabic: الرأس الأخضر
  • Arabic: الرأس الاخضر
  • Aragonese: Cabo Verde
  • Armenian: Կաբո Վերդե
  • Armenian: Կաբո-Վերդե
  • Arpitan: Cap-Vèrd
  • Arpitan: Chavon-Vèrd
  • Assamese: কেপ ভার্দে
  • Asturian: Cabu Verde
  • Azerbaijani: Kabo-Verde
  • Balinese: Tanjung Gadang
  • Bambara: Capivɛrdi
  • Bambara: Kap Verdi
  • Banjar: Tanjung Verde
  • Bashkir: Кабо-Верде
  • Basque: Cabo Verde
  • Bavarian: Kap Verde
  • Belarusian: Выспы Зялёнага Мысу
  • Belarusian: Каба-Вердэ
  • Belarusian: Каба-Вэрдэ
  • Bengali: কাবু ভের্দি
  • Bengali: কেপ ভার্দে
  • Bengali: কেপভার্দে
  • Betawi: Tanjung Ijo
  • Bhojpuri: केप वर्डे
  • Bishnupriya: কেপ ভের্দ
  • Bislama: Kep Ved
  • Bosnian: Zelenortska Ostrva
  • Breton: Kab Glas
  • Breton: Kab-Glas
  • Bulgarian: Кабо Верде
  • Burmese: ကိတ်ဗာဒီ
  • Burmese: ကိတ်ဗာဒီနိုင်ငံ
  • Catalan: Cap Verd
  • Cebuano: Cabo Verde
  • Cebuano: Cape Verde
  • Central Bikol: Kabo nin Berde
  • Central Kurdish: کابوڤێردی
  • Central Kurdish: کەیپڤەرد
  • Chavacano: Cabo Verde
  • Chechen: Кабо-Верде
  • Cherokee: ᎢᎬᎾᏕᎾ ᎢᏤᏳᏍᏗ
  • Chinese: Cabo Verde
  • Chinese: 佛得角
  • Chinese: 佛得角共和国
  • Chinese: 佛德角
  • Chinese: 維德角
  • Chinese: 維德角共和國
  • Chinese: 開普威得
  • Chuvash: Кабо Верде
  • Cornish: Pennrynn Gwyrdh
  • Cornish: Repoblek Cabo Verde
  • Corsican: Capu Verde
  • Crimean Tatar: Kabo Verde
  • Croatian: Kabo Verde
  • Croatian: Zelenortska Republika
  • Czech: Cabo Verde
  • Czech: Kapverdy
  • Czech: Ostrovy Zeleného mysu
  • Dagbani: Cabo Verde
  • Danish: Kap Verde
  • Dhivehi: ކޭޕް ވާޑޭ
  • Dimli (individual language): Kabo Verde
  • Dimli (individual language): Kap Verde
  • Dotyali: केप भर्डे
  • Dutch: Cabo Verde
  • Dutch: Kaap Verdie
  • Dutch: Kaapverdie
  • Dutch: Kaapverdië
  • Dutch: Kaapverdische eilanden
  • Dutch: Republiek Kaapverdië
  • Dzongkha: ཀེཔ་བཱཌ
  • Eastern Mari: Кабо-Верде
  • Egyptian Arabic: كابو فيردا
  • Esperanto: Kabo Verda
  • Esperanto: Kabo-Verda
  • Esperanto: Kabo-Verdo
  • Esperanto: Kaboverdo
  • Esperanto: Respubliko Kaboverdo
  • Esperanto: Verda Kabo
  • Esperanto: Verdakaba Respubliko
  • Estonian: Cabo Verde Vabariik
  • Estonian: Roheneemesaared
  • Ewe: Cape Verde
  • Ewe: Kape Verde nutome
  • Extremaduran: Cabu Verdi
  • Farefare: Cape Verde
  • Faroese: Grønhøvdaoyggjar
  • Faroese: Grønhøvdaoyggjarnar
  • Faroese: Kap Verde
  • Fiji Hindi: Cape Verde
  • Finnish: Cabo Verde
  • Finnish: Kap Verde
  • Finnish: Kap Verden tasavalta
  • Finnish: vihreä niemi
  • Fon: Cap Vert tò
  • French: Cabo Verde
  • French: Cap-V.
  • French: Cap-vert
  • French: Cap-Vert
  • French: îles du Cap-Vert
  • French: la République du Cap-Vert
  • Fulah: Duuɗe Kap Weer
  • Fulah: Kapu Werde
  • Gagauz: Kabo Verde
  • Galician: Cabo Verde
  • Ganda: Bizinga by’e Kepu Veredi
  • Ganda: Cape Verde
  • Georgian: კაბო-ვერდე
  • German: Inseln des Grünen Vorgebirges
  • German: Kap Verde
  • German: Kap Verden
  • German: Kapverden
  • German: Kapverdisch
  • German: Kapverdische Inseln
  • German: República de Cabo Verde
  • German: Republik Cabo Verde
  • German: Republik Kap Verde
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Cabo Verde
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Cape Verde
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Republic of Cabo Verde
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Republic of Cape Verde
  • Gilaki: کیپ ورد
  • Greek: Πράσινο Ακρωτήριο
  • Guarani: Kávo Véyde
  • Guianese Creole French: Kap-Vèr
  • Gujarati: કૅપ વર્ડે
  • Gujarati: કેપ વર્ડ
  • Haitian: Kap Vè
  • Hakka Chinese: Cabo Verde
  • Hausa: Cabo Verde
  • Hausa: Tsibiran Kap Barde
  • Hawaiian: Kapo Weleke
  • Hebrew: כף ורדה
  • Hebrew: קאפ ורדה
  • Hindi: केप वर्दे
  • Hindi: कैप वर्डे
  • Hindi: कैप वर्त
  • Hungarian: Zöld-foki Köztársaság
  • Hungarian: Zöld-foki-szigetek
  • Icelandic: Grænhöfðaeyjar
  • Ido: Kabo Verda
  • Igbo: Cape Verde
  • Iloko: Cabo Verde
  • Inari Sami: Kap Verde täsiväldi
  • Inari Sami: Kap Verde
  • Indonesian: Tanjung Verde
  • Interlingua: Capo Verde
  • Interlingue: Cap Verd
  • Inupiaq: Suŋaaqtuq Uligaaq
  • Irish: Cabo Verde
  • Irish: Rinn Verde
  • Italian: Capo Verde
  • Jamaican Creole English: Kiep Voerdi
  • Japanese: カーボ・ヴェルデ
  • Japanese: カーボヴェルデ共和国
  • Japanese: カーボベルデ
  • Japanese: 夏麦論
  • Javanese: Pongol Verdé
  • Kabiyè: Kapʊvɛɛrɩ
  • Kabuverdianu: Kab Verd
  • Kabuverdianu: Kabu Verdi
  • Kabuverdianu: Kauberdi
  • Kabyle: Iɣef Azegzaw
  • Kalaallisut: Cap Verde
  • Kalmyk: Ноһаномгудин Орн
  • Kannada: ಕೇಪ್ ವರ್ಡೆ
  • Kannada: ಕೇಪ್ ವೆರ್ದೆ
  • Kara-Kalpak: Cape Verde
  • Kara-Kalpak: Kabo-Verde
  • Karachay-Balkar: Кабо-Верде
  • Kashmiri: کیپ ؤرڑی
  • Kazakh: Кабо-Верде
  • Khmer: កាប់វែរ
  • Kikuyu: Cape Verde
  • Kikuyu: Kepuvede
  • Kinyarwanda: Kapu Veri
  • Kirghiz: Кабо-Верде
  • Kongo: Kap Verde
  • Korean: 까부 웨르드
  • Korean: 까뽀베르데
  • Korean: 카보베르데
  • Kotava: Kaboverdea
  • Kurdish: Kap Verde
  • Ladin: Cap Vërt
  • Ladino: Kabo Vedre
  • Lao: ເຄບ ເວີດ
  • Lao: ປະເທດກັບແວກ
  • Latin: Res publica Capitis Viridis
  • Latvian: Kaboverde
  • Latvian: Kaboverdes Republika
  • Latvian: Zaļā raga salas
  • Latvian: Zaļais Rags
  • Lezghian: Кабо-Верде
  • Ligurian: Cappo Verde
  • Ligurian: Cavo Verde
  • Limburgan: Kaapverdië
  • Lingala: Bisanga bya Kapevɛrɛ
  • Lingala: Cap-Vert
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Capo Verde
  • Literary Chinese: 維德角
  • Lithuanian: Žaliasis Kyšulys
  • Livvi: Kabo Verde
  • Lombard: Cap Verd
  • Low German: Kaapverdie
  • Low German: Kaapverdiske Eilanden
  • Low German: Kap Verde
  • Lower Sorbian: Kap Verde
  • Luba-Katanga: Lutanda lua Kapevele
  • Lule Sami: Káhpa Vierdde
  • Luxembourgish: Cap Vert
  • Luxembourgish: Kap Verde
  • Macedonian: Зелен ’Рт
  • Malagasy: Cabo Verde
  • Malagasy: Kapvera
  • Malagasy: Nosy Cap-Vert
  • Malay: Cape Verde
  • Malay: Tanjung Verde
  • Malayalam: കേപ്പ് വേർഡ്
  • Maltese: Cabo Verde
  • Maltese: Cape Verde
  • Maltese: Kap Verde
  • Maltese: Kape Verde
  • Maltese: Repubblika ta’ Cabo Verde
  • Manipuri: ꯀꯦꯕꯣ ꯚꯔꯗꯤ
  • Manx: Yn Rheynn Ghlass
  • Maori: Kēpa Weriti
  • Marathi: केप व्हर्डे
  • Marathi: केप व्हर्दे
  • Mazanderani: کیپ ورد
  • Min Dong Chinese: Cabo Verde
  • Min Nan Chinese: Cabo Verde
  • Min Nan Chinese: Chheⁿ-kak
  • Minangkabau: Tanjuang Verde
  • Mingrelian: კაბო-ვერდე
  • Mirandese: Cabo Berde
  • Moksha: Кабо-Вердэ
  • Mongolian: Кабо-Верде
  • Moroccan Arabic: كابو ڤيردي
  • Moroccan Arabic: كاپ ڤير
  • N'Ko: ߜߙߋߞߎ߲߫ ߝߙߌߛߌ
  • Narom: Vèrt Cap
  • Nauru: Keip Berde
  • Navajo: Tónteel Bibąąh Dootłʼizhí
  • Nepali: केप भर्ड
  • Nepali: केप भर्डे
  • Newari: केप भर्डे
  • Nigerian Pidgin: Kaep Verde
  • North Ndebele: Cape Verde Islands
  • Northern Frisian: Kapwerden
  • Northern Luri: کئیپ ڤورد
  • Northern Sami: Kap Verde dásseváldi
  • Northern Sami: Kap Verde
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kapp Verde
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Republikken Kapp Verde
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kapp Verde
  • Norwegian: Kapp Verde
  • Novial: Kabe Verdi
  • Nyanja: Cape Verde
  • Obolo: Kabo Vede
  • Occitan (post 1500): Cap Verd
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Grēnenæs Īega
  • Oriya: କେପ ଭର୍ଡ
  • Oriya: କେପ୍ ଭର୍ଦେ
  • Oromo: Keeppi Verdee
  • Ossetian: Кабо-Верде
  • Pali: केप वर्डी
  • Pampanga: Cape Verde
  • Pampanga: Kaboberdi
  • Panjabi: ਕੇਪ ਵਰਡੇ
  • Panjabi: ਕੇਪ ਵਰਦੇ
  • Papiamento: Kabo Verde
  • Pedi: Cape Verde
  • Persian: کیپ ورد
  • Persian: کیپ‌ورد
  • Piemontese: Cap Verd
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Cape Verde
  • Polish: Republika Zielonego Przylądka
  • Polish: Wyspy Zielonego Przylądka
  • Portuguese: Cabo Verde
  • Portuguese: Cape Verde
  • Portuguese: cv
  • Portuguese: República de Cabo Verde
  • Pushto: کيپ ورډ
  • Pushto: کیپ ورد
  • Quechua: Cabo Verde
  • Quechua: Q’umir Kawu
  • Rakhine: ကိတ်ဗာဒီ သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ
  • Rakhine: ကိပ်ဗားဒ်သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ
  • Romanian: Capul Verde
  • Romanian: Republica Capului Verde
  • Romansh: Cap Verd
  • Rundi: Ibirwa bya Kapuveri
  • Russia Buriat: Кабо-Верде
  • Russian: Кабо-Верде
  • Russian: Республика Кабо-Верде
  • Samoan: Cabo Verde
  • Samogitian: Žalėjė Ėškīšolė Respoblėka
  • Samogitian: Žaliasā Kīšolīs
  • Samogitian: Žaliuojė Ėškīšolė Respoblėka
  • Sango: Azûâ tî Kâpo-Vêre
  • Sanskrit: केप वर्डी
  • Santali: ᱠᱮᱯ ᱵᱷᱟᱨᱰᱮ
  • Sardinian: Cabu Birde
  • Saterfriesisch: Kap Verde
  • Scots: Cape Verde
  • Scottish Gaelic: An Ceap Uaine
  • Scottish Gaelic: Cape Verde
  • Serbian: Зеленортска Острва
  • Serbo-Croatian: Zelenortska Ostrva
  • Serbo-Croatian: Zelenortska Republika
  • Shan: မိူင်းၶဵပ်ႉဝႄႇတီႇ
  • Shona: Cape Verde
  • Shona: Kabho Vherite
  • Shona: Zvitsuwa zveCape Verde
  • Sicilian: Capu Virdi
  • Silesian: Republika Źelůnygo Przilůndka
  • Sindhi: ڪيپ وردي
  • Sindhi: ڪيپ ورڊي
  • Sinhala: කේප් වර්ඩ්
  • Skolt Sami: Kap Verde tääʹssväʹldd
  • Skolt Sami: Kap Verde
  • Slovak: Kapverdská republika
  • Slovak: Kapverdské ostrovy
  • Slovak: Kapverdy
  • Slovak: Zelený mys
  • Slovenian: Zelenortski otoki
  • Somali: Jasiiradda Kayb Faarde
  • Somali: Kab Ferde
  • South Azerbaijani: کئیپ ورد
  • South Azerbaijani: کیپ ورد
  • Southern Dagaare: Cape Verde
  • Southern Sotho: Cape Verde
  • Spanish: Cabo Verde
  • Spanish: Republica de Cabo Verde
  • Spanish: República de Cabo Verde
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵉⵅⴼ ⴰⵣⴳⵣⴰⵡ
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵉⵖⴼ ⴰⵣⴳⵣⴰⵡ
  • Sundanese: Tanjung Verdé
  • Swahili: Cabo Verde
  • Swahili: Cape Verde
  • Swati: Sihlenge Lesiluhlata
  • Swedish: Kap Verde
  • Swedish: Republiken Kap Verde
  • Swiss German: Kap Verde
  • Tachelhit: Iɣf azgzaw
  • Tachelhit: Kap Verde
  • Tagalog: Cabo Verde
  • Tagalog: Cape Verde
  • Tajik: Димоғаи Сабз
  • Tajik: Кабо-Верде
  • Tajik: Ҷазираҳои Димоғаи Сабз
  • Talysh: Kap Verde
  • Talysh: Kapo Verde
  • Tamil: கேப் வர்டி
  • Tamil: கேப் வெர்டே
  • Tamil: கேப் வேர்ட்
  • Tatar: Кабо-Верде
  • Telugu: కేప్ వర్దె
  • Telugu: కేప్ వెర్డె
  • Tetum: Kabuverde
  • Thai: เคปเวิร์ด
  • Thai: ประเทศกาบูเวร์ดี
  • Thai: ประเทศเคปเวิร์ด
  • Tibetan: ཁེབ་ཝར་ཌི།
  • Tigrinya: ኬፕ ቬርዴ
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): Muiʻi Vēte
  • Tosk Albanian: Kap Verde
  • Tsonga: Cape Verde
  • Tumbuka: Cape Verde
  • Tunisian Arabic: الراس الأخضر
  • Turkish: Cabo Verde
  • Turkish: Cape Verde
  • Turkish: Yeşil Burun Adaları
  • Turkish: Yeşilburun
  • Turkmen: Kabo-Werde
  • Udmurt: Кабо-Верде
  • Uighur: يېشىل تۇمشۇق ئاراللىرى
  • Uighur: يېشىل تۇمشۇق
  • Ukrainian: Кабо-Верде
  • Ukrainian: Республіка Кабо-Верде
  • Upper Sorbian: Kap Verde
  • Urdu: کیپ ورڈی
  • Uzbek: Kabo Verde
  • Uzbek: Kabo-Verde
  • Venetian: Cao Verdo
  • Veps: Kabo Verde
  • Vietnamese: Cabo Verde
  • Vietnamese: Cáp Ve
  • Vietnamese: Cape Verde
  • Vietnamese: Cape
  • Vietnamese: Cộng hoà Cabo Verde
  • Vietnamese: Cộng hòa Cabo Verde
  • Vietnamese: Cộng hòa Cape
  • Vlax Romani: Cape Verde
  • Volapük: Kabovärduäns
  • Võro: Cabo Verde
  • Walloon: Cap-Vert
  • Waray (Philippines): Cabo Verde
  • Welsh: Cabo Verde
  • Welsh: Gweriniaeth Cabo Verde
  • Welsh: Penrhyn Verde
  • Welsh: Y Penrhyn Gwyrdd
  • Western Armenian: Քափօ Վերտէ
  • Western Balochi: کاپی ویردی
  • Western Frisian: Kaapverdië
  • Western Frisian: Kaapverdje
  • Western Mari: Кабо-Верде
  • Western Panjabi: کیپ وردی
  • Wolof: Kabo Werde
  • Wolof: Kap Weert
  • Wu Chinese: 佛得角
  • Yakut: Кабо Верде
  • Yiddish: קאפ ווערד
  • Yiddish: קאפווערדישע אינזלען
  • Yiddish: קאַפּווערדישע אינזלען
  • Yoruba: Etíokun Kápé féndè
  • Yoruba: Kepu Ferde
  • Yue Chinese: 維德角
  • Zeeuws: Kaopverdië
  • Zhuang: Cabo Verde
  • Zulu: i-Cape Verde
  • Zulu: IKhepi Vedhi
  • Cabo Verde
  • Cabo Xoxoctic
  • CPV
  • CV
  • ma Kapuwesi
  • ma Kelaso
  • Žaliuojė Ėškīšolė Respoblėka
  • केप वर्डे

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