Western Africa
Cape Verde
Republic of Cabo Verde
Core facts
- Capital
- Praia
- Population
- 491,233
- Area
- 4,033 km^2
- Country code
- CPV
- Flag emoji
- 🇨🇻
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 121.8 per km^2
- Calling code
- +238
Culture and society
- Languages
- Portuguese
- Religions
- Christianity (49.0%), Islam (42.0%), Folk religions (6.0%), Unaffiliated (2.0%), Other religions (100.0%)
- Native names
- Cabo Verde
- Demonyms (EN)
- Cape Verdian / Cape Verdian
- Start of week
- monday
- Driving side
- right
- Timezones
- UTC-01:00
- Alternative spellings
- CV, Republic of Cabo Verde, República de Cabo Verde
Geography and map
- Continents
- Africa
- Coordinates
- 16.54, -23.04
- Landlocked
- No
- Borders
- N/A
- Border countries count
- 0
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- Cape Verdean escudo (Esc)
- Top-level domain
- .cv
- FIFA code
- CPV
- Capital coordinates
- 14.92, -23.52
- Postal code format
- ####
- Gini index
- 42.4 (2015)
- Coat of arms
