38. Corn is the staple food of Cabo Verde. And Cachupa is their national dish.
39. Sugarcane liquor is a popular drink on the islands, especially among the men.
Brown Long-Eared Bat.
40. The long-eared bat is the only native animal to the island.
41. Alexander’s Swift, Bourne’s Heron, The Raso Lark, The Cape Verde Warbler, The Iago Sparrow, The Cape Verde Shearwater are some of the native birds to the island.
About tourism, roadways, railways, airways
42. Tourism plays a predominant role in the country’s economy.
43. Due to the efforts and strategic planning by Cape Verde’s government, poverty levels were down from 37% in 2001 to 27% in 2007.
44. Cape Verde is a popular tourist destination. As compared to 2015, The Archipelago saw a 13.6% increase in tourists in 2016.
45. According to tradingeconomics.com, a whopping 195,163 tourists visited the archipelago in the first quarter of 2017.
46. Praia de Santa Maria beach was voted as one of the top 25 beaches in the world in TripAdvisor’s 2017 Travelers’ Choice.
47. Sal, one of the windward islands of the archipelago, sees more tourists than any other island in the archipelago. It has a beautiful beach which stretches for 8 kilometers along the coast.
48. There are no railways in Cape Verde.
49. There are seven operational airports in Cape Verde. The country has only one airport which is over 3,047 m in length.
50. Cape Verde has a total road network of 1,350 km.
51. Porto Grande is the major seaport in the country.
52. According to World Bank’s 2007 report, the country has 73 cars for every 1000 people.
Cape Verde – country at a glance
Independence
5 July 1975 (from Portugal)
Capital City
Praia
14°55′N 23°31′W
Largest City
Praia
14°55′N 23°31′W
Total area
total : 4,033 sq km
land: 4,033 sq km
water: 0 sq km
(slightly larger than Rhode Island)
Population
611,014 (2024 est.)
Government type
parliamentary republic
President
José Maria Neves
Prime Minister
Ulisses Correia e Silva
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal
Literacy
90.8% (2021 est.)
Demonym
Cape Verdean or Cabo Verdean
National anthem
"Cantico da Liberdade" (Song of Freedom)
National holiday
Independence Day, 5 July (1975)
Official Language
Portuguese
Currency
Cape Verdean escudo (CVE)
Religion
Roman catholics
Life expectancy at birth
74.3 years (2024 est.)
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
Climate
temperate; warm, dry summer; precipitation meager and erratic
Terrain
steep, rugged, rocky, volcanic
Lowest point
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Highest point
Mt. Fogo (a volcano on Fogo Island) 2,829 m
Coastline
965 km
National symbol
ten, five-pointed, yellow stars
National colors
blue, white, red, yellow
Natural resources
salt, basalt rock, limestone, kaolin, fish, clay, gypsum
Agricultural land
18.6%
Birth rate
17.9 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)
Death rate
5.7 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)
Sex ratio
0.95 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
Industries
food and beverages, fish processing, shoes and garments, salt mining, ship repair
Exports
$971.679 million (2023 est.)
fuel (re-exports), shoes, garments, fish, hides
Imports
$1.428 billion (2023 est.)
foodstuffs, industrial products, transport equipment, fuels
