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  Cape Verde Breaks - Fogo
Fogo meaning fire in Portuguese is a volcanic island in the Sotavento group of Cape Verde.
Fogo is largely an agricultural island and is the main source of employment.
As Fogo is the most southern, it receives the most precipitation in the Cape Verde islands.
www.capeverdebreaks.com /fogo.html   (431 words)

  
 Profile - Cape Verde
Cape Verde (republic), republic comprising the Cape Verde Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, due west of the westernmost point of Africa, Cape Verde.
Cape Verde is located in the midst of rich fishing grounds, although the industry has yet to develop to its potential.
Cape Verde is attempting to capitalize on its strategic location at the crossroads of mid-Atlantic air and sea lanes by expanding, with the assistance of foreign aid, airports, and port facilities.
www.inadev.org /profile_-_cape_verde.htm   (1433 words)

  
 Cape Verde   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Cape Verde is a country composed of Islands located in the Atlantic Ocean.
Cape Verde itself has a large diaspora throughout the world which is over 500 years old.
Fogo means fire and it is home to Cape Verde's only active Volcano 'Pico', which is located at the center of the Island.
www.cvsa.neu.edu /capeverde.htm   (951 words)

  
 Cape Verde Breaks - The Islands of Cape Verde
Santo Antão - Santo Antão or Sontonton in the Crioulo is the second largest island of the Cape Verde Archipelago and is the westernmost and largest of the Barlavento islands of Cape Verde.....
São Vicente - São Vicente or Sanvicente in Crioulo, is one of the Barlavento islands of the Cape Verde.
Fogo - Fogo meaning fire in Portuguese is a volcanic island in the Sotavento group of Cape Verde.
www.capeverdebreaks.com /islands.html   (317 words)

  
 Cape Verde
Cape Verde enjoys a stable, democratic government with an elected president as head of state, a prime minister nominated by the National Assembly (the national legislative body) as head of government, and elected members of the unicameral National Assembly.
Cape Verde, similar to Hawaii, is an archipelago of volcanic islands.
Under the Cape Verdean penal and legal system, persons arrested may be held in detention for up to two years (and in some instances three years), depending on the alleged crime, before receiving a final judgment in their case.
travel.state.gov /travel/cape_verde.html   (2741 words)

  
 Cape Verde
Language and Education:  Although Crioulo is the national language of Cape Verde and is spoken by the majority of society, it is not officially used in educational settings.
Many Cape Verdeans came to the U.S. to work and save money for 10 or more years before eventually moving back to Cape Verde and providing a better life for their family in their home country.
Some Cape Verdeans speak Crioulo in many aspects of their lives (school, work, with family, friends, and so on).  It is used in schools primarily in Crioulo/English bilingual classes and informally in mainstream classes and common areas to communicate with peers.
www2.bc.edu /~brisk/capeverde.htm   (1769 words)

  
 Cape Verde (09/06)
Cape Verde's strategic location at the crossroads of mid-Atlantic air and sea lanes has been enhanced by significant improvements at Mindelo's harbor (Porto Grande) and at Sal's international airport.
Cape Verde assigned one of its first ambassadors to the United States, and a resident U.S. ambassador was posted to Cape Verde in 1983.
On July 4, 2005, Cape Verde became the third country to sign a compact with the U.S. Government-funded Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC); the three-year assistance package is worth over $110 million in addressing rural economic expansion, infrastructure development, and development of tourism and a community college system.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2835.htm   (2668 words)

  
 Property for Sale in Cape Verde - Investment Property Area Guide - Fogo
Fogo, Cape Verde’s ‘Mother’ island, is one of the archipelago’s destinations for true adventurers, with most activity focusing on the dominant, extinct volcano that formed the island millions of years ago.
Fogo is the consistently hottest of the Cape Verde islands, with a great diversity of landscape: the north is fertile and quite humid, while the south is mainly arid and pretty dry all year round.
The extraordinary island of Fogo is just part of the intoxicating Cape Verde experience, and the rest of the islands in the archipelago offer a wildly diverse range of excitement and interest to match it.
www.escapes2.com /areaguide.aspx?AreaGuideID=37   (688 words)

  
 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Cape Verde Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Republic of Cape Verde or Cape Verde (Portuguese: Cabo Verde, pron.
Cape Verde was uninhabited when the Portuguese arrived in 1456, and the islands were thus made part of the Portuguese empire.
Cape Verde's economy has largely grown since the late 1990s, and it is now considered a country of average human development.
www.blinkbits.com /blinks/cape_verde_islands   (1507 words)

  
 Worldworx Travel - Safety - Africa - Cape Verde
The Republic of Cape Verde consists of nine inhabited and several uninhabited volcanic islands off the western coast of Africa.
Cape Verde International Airport is located on the island of Sal, 100 miles north of the capital.
Cape Verdean law, seat belts must be worn at all times by the driver and the person seated in the front passenger seat.
www.worldworx.tv /safety/africa/cape-verde/index.htm   (1110 words)

  
 Fogo, Cape Verde
The island of Fogo is one massive volcanic cone, with an 8 km wide caldera that opens out to the east.
Activity at Fogo continued from mid-April to early May. Intermittent fire fountains and Strombolian activity reached heights of greater than 1,000 feet (300 m) and the cone grew to a height of 520 feet (160 m).
Fogo was a lighthouse for sailers in this part of the Atlantic Ocean.
volcano.und.nodak.edu /vwdocs/current_volcs/fogo/fogo.html   (705 words)

  
 NATO Speech: Daily audio diary by Evert Somers, civil emergency expert from NATO - Fogo, Cape Verde - 24 June 2006
The civil protection organization of Cape Verde, the local authorities of the island and the civil emergency support unit ofthe NATO Response Force continued with the preparation of the evacuation of the inhabitants of the Caldeiras.
Cape Verdean authorities therefore have asked the commander of the NATO Response Force to provide some additional tents, a power generator, and extra manpower to set up the tent camps.
Exercise data received from the project team on geological vigilance of the Fogo Islands indicated that the seismic events are of a longer periodicity and that the tremors became harmonic, more numerous and of a longer duration.
www.nato.int /docu/speech/2006/s060624a.htm   (265 words)

  
 Seacology - Cape Verde Islands Fogo project
Fogo is the fourth largest island in the archipelago, with an 8,500-foot volcano at its center.
The volcano, which last erupted in 1995, and the surrounding plateau are to become Cape Verde's first national park on an inhabited island.
As awareness about the Fogo Island ecosystem has increased, villagers have asked the nursery to provide them with endemic plants so they can extend the restoration area to their properties.
www.seacology.org /projects/individualprojects/CAPEVERDE_fogo.htm   (258 words)

  
 Cape Verde travel guide - Wikitravel
Cape Verde (Portuguese: Cabo Verde) is a country in West Africa.
Cape Verde’s climate is temperate, with a warm, dry summer.
Cape Verde is also serviced by Air Senegal (from Dakar), SAA (from South Africa) and TAP airlines.
wikitravel.org /en/Cape_Verde   (434 words)

  
 GORP - Hiking Cape Verde's Mount Pico - A Volcanic Neighborhood
Fogo, the fourth largest island in the Cape Verde archipelago, located some 310 miles off the coast of West Africa in the Atlantic Ocean, consists basically of one massive volcanic cone.
Hosting a population of only 33,000, Fogo is one of the more quiet islands — when, of course, the volcano is not erupting and wreaking havoc on the local inhabitants.
From Praia, Cape Verde's capital, it's a 20-minute hop by plane via TACV, the national airline, to the neighboring island of Fogo, 31 miles to the west.
gorp.away.com /gorp/activity/hiking/volcano/capeverde.htm   (695 words)

  
 Fogo, Cape Verde - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Fogo (Portuguese for "fire") is a volcanic island in the Sotavento group of Cape Verde.
Fogo was discovered in 1460 by an Italian captain António da Noli and was first called São Filipe meaning Saint Phillip in Portuguese.
Cape Verdean residents that live in North America send some money to their relatives in the island even if senders and receivers that no longer know each other.
www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=1019365   (568 words)

  
 Cape Verde Venture - Fogo Property - Cape Verde Property
Fogo is a volcanic island in the Sotavento group of Cape Verde islands, hence Fogo is the Portuguese word for fire.
Fogo´s main town is Sao Filipe, first settled in the 1480´s.
Fogo is largely an agricultural island, with stunning tropical beauty.
www.capeverdeventure.co.uk /fogo.php   (145 words)

  
 Cape Verde Venture - Cape Verde Property for Sale
Praia is the capital of Cape Verde with a population of 450000.
Cape Verde is an exciting new investment proposition for the off-shore property investor.
Cape Verde is now gather pace due to investment in infrastructure.
www.capeverdeventure.co.uk   (152 words)

  
 FOGO :: Hiking - Trekking
The Portuguese brought livestock and used Cape Verde as an experimental station for growing foods from the Americas, such as corn...
The last remaining Cape Verde Kites, considered by some to be the rarest raptors in the world, are not Cape Verde Kites at all, but more common Black Kites, the research shows.
The real Cape Verde Kites apparently disappeared some time ago and never were a uniquely different species.
fogotrekking.blogspot.com   (748 words)

  
 Cape Verde : Fogo, the lava island - photos of spectacular views in Cape Verde on Worldisround
Spectacular Views in Cape Verde - travel photos - Fogo island is another aspect of Cape Verde, the second colonised island and the best...
Fogo island is another aspect of Cape Verde, the second colonised island and the best illustration of the volcanic origins of the Archipelago.
Like every others islands of Cape Verde, Fogo has its own soul, and its tortured landscapes and the particular relations that inhabitants maintain with Nature create an exceptional world.
www.worldisround.com /articles/6742/index.html   (844 words)

  
 CAPE VERDE
Cape Verde is situated in the Atlantic Ocean, around 600km (450 miles) west-northwest of Senegal comprising of the islands of Santo Antão, São Vicente, Santa Luzia, Ilheu Branco, Ilheu Raso, São Nicolau, Sal and Boa Vista, Maio, São Tiago, Fogo and Brava.
Mt. Fogo (2840m/9320 ft.) - the highest peak among the islands is located at Fogo; Santo Antao, which is greener as compared to the other islands, has the maximum amount of rainfall and is a suitable place for the hikers.
Cape Verdeans are relatively in a better position in terms of Infant mortality, life expectancy and Adult literacy in comparison with other west Africans.
capeverdeislands.biz   (135 words)

  
 CaboVerdeOnline.com - Agusto Cego — A child prodigy
A child prodigy, Agusto Cego was born in 1960 at the small village of Bobossó, Fogo, Cape Verde.
Since 1993, Agusto has represented his native island of Fogo and Cape Verde in numerous national and international music festivals, including appearances in Switzerland, France, Germany and Sweden.
Filled with proverbs and yearning, Bobossó, encompasses ten original compositions deeply rooted in the traditions of the island of Fogo and Cape Verde.
www.caboverdeonline.com /contents/top_stories/agusto_cego.asp   (273 words)

  
 NATO Speech: Daily audio diary by Evert Somers, civil emergency expert from NATO - Fogo, Cape Verde - 21 June 2006
The Cape Verde islands are all of volcanic origin and all islands show, to a larger or lesser degree, volcanic activity.
The eruption of a volcano is therefore seen by the inhabitants of Cape Verde as one of the major natural risks.
Since the last eruption in 1995 instruments have been placed in the Caldeiras so that the civil protection organization in Cape Verde can constantly monitor and be aware of any changes in the activities at the volcano.
www.nato.int /docu/speech/2006/s060621a.htm   (553 words)

  
 MTUVP - Fogo - GVN
During the initial stage of the eruption there was a burst or jetting of gas, followed by ejection of large blocks and fire fountaining.
On 10 May, at the request of the Cape Verde government, a team of four geologists and two students from the Universidade dos A ores went to Fogo to study the eruption.
Their objectives are to monitor the progress of the eruption and to begin research related to gas release and the risks of contamination of public water supplies.
www.geo.mtu.edu /volcanoes/africa/fogo/gvn/fogo.v20n04.html   (1757 words)

  
 Cape Verde : Fogo, the lava island - Spectacular Views in Cape Verde pictures on Worldisround
From the plane to Fogo from Santiago island, the show is already impressive.
This city is one of the oldest in Cape Verde.
Fogo is characterised by several aspects : the strong declivity of its versants, an arid landscape in the South-west part (where is located Sao Felipe) contrasting with the relative greenness of the Northern-East part, around Mosteiros city, on the other side of the volcano.
www.worldisround.com /articles/6742/text.html   (1088 words)

  
 Fogo, Cape Verde - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is the most prominent of the group, rising to nearly 3,000 m (10,000 ft) above sea level at Mount Fogo.
As in the rest of Cape Verde,Portuguese is the official language but in daily life people speak the Fogo dialect of Cape Verdean Crioulo (Crioulo di Djarfogo).
Fogo was discovered in 1460 by an Italian captain António Noli and was first called São Filipe meaning Saint Philip in Portuguese.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fogo,_Cape_Verde   (593 words)

  
 Mount Fogo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mount Fogo is the highest peak of Cape Verde, rising to 2829 metres above sea level.
It is a volcano lying on the island of Fogo.
The main cone last erupted in 1675, causing mass emigration from the island, while a subsidiary vent erupted in 1995.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Fogo   (109 words)

  
 CaboVerdeOnline.com - Agusto Cego
Background: A child prodigy, Agusto Cego was born in 1960 at the small village of Bobossó, Fogo, Cape Verde.
He began playing the ukulele at the age of eight (8) and the guitar at eleven (11).
The Boston Globe, in its Music headline - “Giving voice to Cape Verde” — referred to Agusto Cego as “A warmly swinging singer; if he does not have Evora’s depth (and who does?), he is more imaginative in his phrasing and rhythm, and has the same gentle intimacy and old-time acoustic feel.
www.caboverdeonline.com /events/acego.asp   (145 words)

  
 Cape Verde (Directory/Africa/Cape Verde)
Population - 418,224 (July 2005 estimate) Cape Verde is a country composed of Islands...
A Cape Verde-type hurricane is an Atlantic hurricane that develops near the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa.
Poor in natural resources, prone to drought and with little arable land, the Cape Verde islands are...
www.worldwidirectory.com /Africa/Cape.Verde   (437 words)

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