Outline of Cape Verde explained

See also: Index of Cape Verde-related articles.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Cape Verde:

Cape Verde  - sovereign country located on an archipelago in the Macaronesia ecoregion of the North Atlantic Ocean, off the western coast of Africa.^[1] The previously uninhabited islands were discovered and colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century (though there may have been earlier discoveries), and attained independence in 1975.

General reference

• Pronunciation:
• Common English country name: Cape Verde
• Official English country name: The Republic of Cape Verde
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival(s): Cape Verdean
• Demonym(s): Cape Verdeans
• Etymology: Name of Cape Verde
• ISO country codes: CV, CPV, 132
• ISO region codes: See
• Internet country code top-level domain: .cv

Geography of Cape Verde

Geography of Cape Verde

• Cape Verde is:
  • • • • an island country of 10 islands and 8 islets
  • a Developing country
  • a Sovereign state
• Population of Cape Verde: 436,821(2008) - 165th most populous country
• Area of Cape Verde: 4033km2 - 172nd largest country
• Atlas of Cape Verde

Location

• Cape Verde is situated within:
  • Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
  • Atlantic Ocean
    • Macaronesia
  • Africa
    • West Africa
• Time zone: Cape Verde Time (UTC-01)
• Extreme points of Cape Verde
  • High: Mount Fogo 28290NaN0
  • Low: North Atlantic Ocean 0 m
• Land boundaries: none
• Coastline: 965 km

Environment of Cape Verde

• Climate of Cape Verde
  • Cape Verde-type hurricane
• Geology of Cape Verde
• Wildlife of Cape Verde
  • Fauna of Cape Verde
    • Birds of Cape Verde
    • Mammals of Cape Verde

Natural geographic features of Cape Verde

• Glaciers in Cape Verde: none ^[2]
• Islands of Cape Verde
• Mountains of Cape Verde
  • Volcanoes in Cape Verde
• World Heritage Sites in Cape Verde: Cidade Velha

Regions of Cape Verde

Regions of Cape Verde

Administrative divisions of Cape Verde

Administrative divisions of Cape Verde

• Municipalities of Cape Verde

Municipalities of Cape Verde

Municipalities of Cape Verde

• Capital of Cape Verde: Praia
• Cities of Cape Verde

Demography of Cape Verde

Demographics of Cape Verde

Government and politics of Cape Verde

Politics of Cape Verde

• Form of government: unitary semi-presidential representative democratic republic
• Capital of Cape Verde: Praia
• Elections in Cape Verde
• Political parties in Cape Verde

Branches of government

Government of Cape Verde

Executive branch of the government of Cape Verde

• Head of state: President of Cape Verde, Jorge Carlos Fonseca
• Head of government: Prime Minister of Cape Verde, Ulisses Correia e Silva
• Cabinet of Cape Verde

Legislative branch of the government of Cape Verde

• Parliament of Cape Verde: National Assembly (unicameral)

Judicial branch of the government of Cape Verde

Foreign relations of Cape Verde

Foreign relations of Cape Verde

• Diplomatic missions in Cape Verde
• Diplomatic missions of Cape Verde

International organization membership

Cape Verde is a member of:^[1]

• African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
• African Union (AU)
• African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
• Community of Democracies (CD)
• Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP)
• Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• Group of 77 (G77)
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• International Criminal Court (ICCt)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
• International Development Association (IDA)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
• International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• International Maritime Organization (IMO)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
• Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
• Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• União Latina
• United Nations (UN)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
• Universal Postal Union (UPU)
• World Customs Organization (WCO)
• World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
• World Trade Organization (WTO)

Law and order in Cape Verde

• Capital punishment in Cape Verde
• Crime in Cape Verde
• Human rights in Cape Verde
  • LGBT rights in Cape Verde
  • Freedom of religion in Cape Verde
• Law enforcement in Cape Verde

Military of Cape Verde

Military of Cape Verde

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief of Cape Verde: the President of Cape Verde, Pedro Pires
• Forces
  • Army of Cape Verde
  • Navy of Cape Verde
• Military history of Cape Verde

History of Cape Verde

History of Cape Verde

• Military history of Cape Verde

Culture of Cape Verde

Culture of Cape Verde

• Architecture of Cape Verde
• Languages of Cape Verde
• National symbols of Cape Verde
  • Coat of arms of Cape Verde
  • Flag of Cape Verde
  • National anthem of Cape Verde
• People of Cape Verde
• Public holidays in Cape Verde
• Religion in Cape Verde
  • Buddhism in Cape Verde
  • Christianity in Cape Verde
    • Roman Catholicism in Cape Verde
  • Hinduism in Cape Verde
  • Islam in Cape Verde
• World Heritage Sites in Cape Verde: Cidade Velha

Art in Cape Verde

• Music of Cape Verde

Sports in Cape Verde

• Football in Cape Verde
• Cape Verde at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Cape Verde

Economy of Cape Verde

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 160th (one hundred and sixtieth)
• Agriculture in Cape Verde
• Communications in Cape Verde
  • Internet in Cape Verde
• Companies of Cape Verde
• Currency of Cape Verde: Escudo
  • ISO 4217

CVE

• Energy in Cape Verde
• Health care in Cape Verde
• Mining in Cape Verde
• Tourism in Cape Verde
  • Visa policy of Cape Verde
• Transport in Cape Verde
  • Airports in Cape Verde
  • Roads in Cape Verde

Education in Cape Verde

Education in Cape Verde

Health in Cape Verde

Health in Cape Verde

See also

Cape Verde

• • • • • Index of Cape Verde–related articles
• List of Cape Verde-related topics
• List of international rankings
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Africa

External links

• Government of Cape Verde
• National Assembly of Cape Verde
  • • Cape Verde. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
• Cape Verde - BBC Country Profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: July 3, 2009. Cape Verde. The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 23, 2009.
2. The only glaciers in Africa are on Mt Kenya (in Kenya), on Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania), and in the Ruwenzori Mountains (which are located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo). See Proceedings of the Riederalp Workshop, September 1978; Actes de l'Atelier de Riederalp, septembre 1978): IAHS-AISH Publ. no. 126, 1980.