República de Cabo Verde

Republic of Cape Verde

Capital
(and largest city)

Praia
14°55′N, 23°31′W

Official languages

Portuguese

Recognised regional languages

Cape Verdean Creole

Ethnic groups 

71% Mulatto, 28% Black African, 1% European

Demonym

Cape Verdean

Government

Republic

President

Pedro Pires

Prime Minister

José Maria Neves

Independence

from Portugal 

 Recognised

July 5, 1975 

Area

 Total

4,033 km² (172nd)
1,557 sq mi 

Water (%)

negligible

Population

 2008 estimate

499,796 (165th)

2000 census

436,821 

Density

126/km² (79th)
326/sq mi

GDP (PPP)

2006 estimate

 Total

$3.905 billion (157th)

Per capita

$7,904 (90th)

HDI (2007)

▲ 0.736 (medium) (102nd)

Currency

Cape Verdean escudo (CVE)

Time zone

CVT (UTC-1)

Summer (DST)

not observed (UTC-1)

Internet TLD

.cv

Calling code

+238