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Capital Cape Verde : |
Praia .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Cape Verde :
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| Climate Cape Verde :
| temperate; warm, dry summer; precipitation meager and very erratic .
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| Life expectancy Cape Verde :
| 70.14 years .
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| Fertility rate Cape Verde :
| 3.62 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Cape Verde :
| republic .
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| Population Cape Verde :
| 415,294 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Cape Verde :
| 4,033 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Cape Verde :
| 71,700 (2003) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Cape Verde :
| 53,300 (2003) .
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| International Country Code Cape Verde :
| 238.
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| Sex ratio total Cape Verde :
| 0.94 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Cape Verde ratio under 15 :
| 1.02 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Cape Verde ratio 15 64 :
| 0.94 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Cape Verde ratio 65 :
| 0.61 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Cape Verde :
| $-106.3 million (2003) |
| HIV Cape Verde :
| 0.04% (2001 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Cape Verde :
| 30% (2000) |
| Literacy Cape Verde :
| 76,60% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Cape Verde :
| NA |
| House hold income highest than 10% Cape Verde :
| NA |
| Inflation Cape Verde :
| 3% (2003) |
| Unemployment Rate Cape Verde :
| 21% (2000 est.) |
| Internet Users Cape Verde :
| 20,400 (2003) |
| Location Cape Verde :
| Western Africa, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Senegal |
| Geographic Coordinates Cape Verde :
| 16 00 N, 24 00 W |
| Religion Cape Verde :
| Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs); Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene) |
| Administrative region Cape Verde :
| 17 municipalities (concelhos, singular - concelho); Boa Vista, Brava, Maio, Mosteiros, Paul, Praia, Porto Novo, Ribeira Grande, Sal, Santa Catarina, Santa Cruz, Sao Domingos, Sao Filipe, Sao Miguel, Sao Nicolau, Sao Vicente, Tarrafal |
| Terrain Cape Verde :
| steep, rugged, rocky, volcanic |
| Elevation extremes lowest Cape Verde :
| Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Cape Verde :
| Mt. Fogo 2,829 m (a volcano on Fogo Island) |
| Natural resources Cape Verde :
| salt, basalt rock, limestone, kaolin, fish |
| Land use arable land Cape Verde :
| 9,68% |
| Land use permanentcrops Cape Verde :
| 0,50% |
| Irrigated land Cape Verde :
| 30 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Cape Verde :
| prolonged droughts; seasonal harmattan wind produces obscuring dust; volcanically and seismically active |
| Environment current issues Cape Verde :
| soil erosion; demand for wood used as fuel has resulted in deforestation; desertification; environmental damage has threatened several species of birds and reptiles; illegal beach sand extraction; overfishing |
| Geography note Cape Verde :
| strategic location 500 km from west coast of Africa near major north-south sea routes; important communications station; important sea and air refueling site |
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