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Cape Verde
| Location |
N Atlantic Ocean, W of Senegal |
| Latitude and longitude |
16 00 N, 24 00 W |
| Sovereignty |
Independent |
| United Nations member? |
Yes |
| Political status notes |
Officially, "Republic of Cape Verde" |
| Population |
408,760 |
| Census notes |
est. July 2002 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
4,033 |
| Capital |
Praia |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
| Constituição
da República de Cabo Verde, from the Constitution Finder, T.C.
Williams School of Law, University of Richmond (Virginia, United States)
(Portuguese) (PDF 272K) |
| Constituição
da República de Cabo Verde, from the International
Committee of the Red Cross (Portuguese) (PDF 265K) |
| Constitution
de la République du Cap Vert, from the Association des Cours Constitutionnelles
(French) (PDF 419K) |
| Constitution
de la République du Cap Vert, from Droit Francophone (French) |
Other legal documents online
|
| Law No. 60/IV/92 of 21 December 1992
delimiting the maritime areas of the Republic of Cape Verde |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Cape
Verde, Background Notes, from the U.S. Department of State (2003) |
| Cape
Verde, from the World Bank Group |
| Cape
Verde, globalEDGE Country Insight from Michigan State University |
| Country profile: Cape Verde,
from the BBC News |
|
Country Profile--Cape Verde, from the Food and
Agriculture Organization |
| Description du droit national,
from Droit Francophone (French) |
| Instituto Nacional de
Estatística, Cabo Verde (Portuguese) |
| Independent
States in the World, Office of the Geographer and Global Issues,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State,
Washington, D.C. |
| República de Cabo
Verde, government website (Portuguese) |
| United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Country
Profile: Cape Verde |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
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