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Cape Verde (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 16 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 16.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 024 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -24.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Islands were uninhabited when the Venetian, Ca da Mosto, in the service of Henry of Portugal, arrived in 1456; made part of royal domain in 1495; colonized by settlers, and used as penal colony; official language is Portuguese, though a creole is often spoken. |
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| Cabo Verde (preferred,C,V,Portuguese-P,U,N)
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| Cabo Verde (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Cabo Verde, República de (C,V)
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| República de Cabo Verde (C,V,O,Portuguese,U,N)
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| República de Cabo Verde (Spanish,U)
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| Cape Verde (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Cape Verde, Republic of (C,V)
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| Republic of Cape Verde (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Cap-Vert (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| République du Cap-Vert (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Capo Verde (C,O,Italian-P,U,N)
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| Kap Verde (C,O,Swedish-P,U,N)
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| Kap Verde (German-P,U,N)
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| Kapverdy (C,O,Czech-P,U,N)
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| Кабо-Верде (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| Республика Кабо-Верде (C,O,Russian,U)
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| 佛得角 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| 佛得角共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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| ا رًأس الأخضر (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| جُهور ةً ا رًأس الأخضر (C,O,Arabic,U)
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| CPV (C,O,ISO3L)
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| CV (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO132 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| CV00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Cape Verdean (C,O,English,U,A)
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence July 5, 1975 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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| island nation (C) |
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| former territory/colony/dependent state (C) |
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| province (H) |
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Portuguese, 1495-1975 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Praia .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Africa, Cape Verde, Praia county) [1088304] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1975 |
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