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	Cape Verde - MSN Encarta
		Cape Verde is a party to international agreements regarding biodiversity, climate change, desertification, environmental modification, law of the sea, and marine dumping.
		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.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761558999/Cape_Verde_(republic).html (983 words)

	Cape Verde. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Cape Verde’s islands fall into two main groups—the Barlavento, or Windward, in the north, which include Santo Antão, São Vicente, Santa Luzia, São Nicolau, Boa Vista, and Sal, and the Sotavento, or Leeward, in the south, which include São Tiago (c.600 sq mi/1,550 sq km, the largest island), Fogo, Maio, and Brava.
		Cape Verde is a multiparty democracy governed under the constitution of 1992.
		Cape Verde was discovered in 1456 by Luigi da Cadamosto, a navigator in the service of Portugal.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ca/CapeVerd.html (938 words)

	Cape Verde - LOCATION, SIZE, AND EXTENT, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATE, FLORA AND FAUNA
		About 71% of the inhabitants of Cape Verde are Creole, mulatto descendants of Portuguese colonists and their African slaves, who came, most often, from what is today Guinea-Bissau.
		On 16 September 1975, the Republic of Cape Verde was admitted to the UN.
		Cape Verde is a member of the WTO and a signatory to the Law of the Sea.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Africa/Cape-Verde.html (656 words)

	The 169th Party: Cape Verde (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Depositary Government of the Convention (the Government of the Swiss Confederation) has informed the Secretariat that the Republic of Cape Verde deposited its instrument of accession to CITES on 10 August 2005.
		Cape Verde will be the 20th State to become a Party to CITES since the adoption of the Strategic Vision Through 2005 at the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties.
		Cape Verde is an African country consisting of a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean.
	www.cites.org /eng/news/party/cape_verde.shtml (174 words)

	Cape Verde - Gurupedia
		In Cape Verde itself the PAICV (affiliated with the PAIGC) ruled until elections were held in 1991 that resulted in a change of government.
		The government of Cape Verde is based on a Constitution that was established in 1980.
		Cape Verde is a small nation with that lacks resources and has experienced severe droughts as well as water shortages.
	www.gurupedia.com /c/ca/cape_verde.htm (537 words)

	Cape Verde - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cape Verde was uninhabited when the Portuguese arrived in 1456 and made the islands part of the Portuguese empire.
		Cape Verdean literature is one of the richest of Lusitanian Africa.
		Cape Verde's official language is Portuguese, and the language of instruction in official schools.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cape_Verde (1473 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.
		The country's basic unit of currency is the Cape Verde escudo (93.18 escudos equal U.S.$1; 1997 average); 1,000 escudos is known as a conto.
		A new constitution promulgated in 1992 affirmed Cape Verde as a multiparty democracy, expanding on reforms begun in 1990 that introduced free and popular elections for president and parliament.
	www.inadev.org /profile_-_cape_verde.htm (1433 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)

	FACT SHEET: Republic of Cape Verde at a Glance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Cape Verde archipelago was uninhabited until the Portuguese discovered the islands in 1456.
		This was a popular destination because of the whales that abounded in the waters around Cape Verde, and as early as 1810 whaling ships from Massachusetts and Rhode Island in the U.S. recruited crews from the islands of Brava and Fogo.
		Cape Verde abandoned its hope for unity with Guinea-Bissau and formed the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde.
	deploymentlink.osd.mil /deploy/info/africa/cape_verde/index.shtml (1011 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)

	Cape Verde (Republic of)
		Cape Verde does not have any resident diplomatic or consular representation in South Africa, but the Cape Verdean Ambassador to Angola is accredited to South Africa on a non-residential basis.
		Embassy of the Republic of Cape Verde in Luanda, Angola
		The ten islands constituting the Cape Verdean archipelago are characterised by an arid sahelian climate with periodic droughts.
	www.dfa.gov.za /foreign/bilateral/capeverde.html (271 words)

	Virtual Cape Verde
		The “B+” long term foreign currency rating of Cape Verde is underpinned by the progress achieved by the country in reforming its economy, reducing its fiscal imbalances and its public external debt, and replenishing its international reserves.
		Cape Verde’s biodiversity is of global importance as it includes many endemic species of plants, birds, insects, as well as marine species.
		The Cape Verdean economy is ripe for takeoff, as it now has the basic pre-requisites: a free and open economy, good governance and maturing democracy, a stable economy and society, and a highly literate society.
	virtualcapeverde.net (1388 words)

	Cape Verde - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sweet and sour upgrade: a stable political climate and sound economic policies have helped Cape Verde gain reclassification to the ranks of 'medium developed countries'.
		Cape Verde gets World Bank support for its Growth And Poverty Reduction Strategy.
		Africa's jewel in the Atlantic: Cape Verde, comprising a collection of small islands off the coast of Africa in the Atlantic, has been quietly but surely growing in prosperity and must now be ranked with Africa's other economically successful states.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-capev1erd.html (1180 words)

	Worldworx Travel - Safety - Africa - Cape Verde
		Cape Verde International Airport is located on the island of Sal, 100 miles north of the capital.
		Visitors traveling to Cape Verde wishing to partake in water sports, swimming, boating and fishing should note that the tides and currents around Cape Verde can be quite strong.
		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)

	Cape Verde
		Cape Verdean Escudo (1 USD = 124.360 CVE as of April 15, 2002).
		There are two umbrella union associations: The Council of Free Labor Unions, composed of 11 unions with approximately 14,000 members; and the National Union of Cape Verde Workers, formed by the former ruling party but operating independently, composed of 14 unions with approximately 16,000 members.
		According to the National Union of Cape Verde Workers, the Government's decision violated the law, since there was no emergency.
	www.erieri.co.uk /freedata/HRCodes/CAPE_VERDE.htm (1346 words)

	Cape Verde: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
		In 1951, Cape Verde's status changed from a Portuguese colony to an overseas province, and in 1961 the inhabitants became full Portuguese citizens.
		Cape Verde: Government - Government Cape Verde is a multiparty democracy governed under the constitution of 1992.
		Down among the dead men: the waters surrounding the remote Cape Verde islands are a graveyard, littered with the skeletal remains......
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107395.html (697 words)

	Cape Verde - Republic of Cape Verde - Country Profile - Destination Cabo Verde
		Embassy of the Republic of Cape Verde, Berlin.
		News from Cape Verde, Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Príncipe (in Portuguese).
		TACV is the flag carrier of the Republic of Cape Verde.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/cape_verde.htm (678 words)

	CAPE VERDE - CAP-VERT - CABO VERDE
		On behalf of the Member States of the Inter-States Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel, and on behalf of the Republic of Cape Verde, I would like to start by congratulating you, Excellency, on your election and on the brilliant manner in which you have been able to lead this Conference's work.
		In Cape Verde, drought and desertification have intensified in the last few years, so it has not been possible under the prevailing natural conditions and, with the technologies introduced at present, to talk of food self-sufficiency.
		We should refer here to the fact that Cape Verde has usefully and efficiently used the funds generated by food aid in order to finance development projects, which are themselves directed at strengthening food production capacity, apart from supporting and creating thousands of jobs.
	www.fao.org /docrep/003/x0736m/rep2/capverde.htm (1104 words)

	Congressman Howard Berman (CA28) :: Floor Statement :: Congratulating the Republic of Cape Verde on the 30th ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1991, the Republic of Cape Verde transitioned from a single political party to a multi-party system with no conflicts or civil unrest.
		This agreement is a testament to Cape Verde’s strong commitment to transparency and good governance, and to putting in place a policy framework that uses aid effectively.
		The official language of the Republic of Cape Verde is Portuguese, but the population speaks a crioulo dialect.
	www.house.gov /list/press/ca28_berman/Cape_verde.html (353 words)

	NationMaster - Statistics on Cape Verde. 892 facts and figures, stats and information on Cape Verdean economy, crime, ...
		The uninhabited islands were discovered and colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century; Cape Verde subsequently became a trading center for African slaves and later an important coaling and resupply stop for whaling and transatlantic shipping.
		Cape Verde continues to exhibit one of Africa's most stable democratic governments.
		As a result, Cape Verde's expatriate population is greater than its domestic one.
	www.nationmaster.com /country/cv-cape-verde (217 words)

	B-W: Republic of Cape Verde
		Cape Verde was unpopulated when the Portuguese first discovered the islands in 1455.
		Cape Verde's dry, tropical island environment and its role in Portugal's 15-century colonizations have shaped its cooking traditions.
		The Portuguese brought livestock and used Cape Verde as an experimental station for growing foods from the Americas, such as corn, hot peppers, pumpkins, and cassava.
	www.bw.edu /resources/counseling/staff/capeverdean (274 words)

	Phoenix in the Cape Verde Islands
		The African Republic of Cape Verde consists of nine inhabited and several uninhabited volcanic islands set out in the Atlantic Ocean, about 500 km off the most westerly point of the African mainland and 1500 km south of the Canary Islands (Fig.
		Perhaps because the Cape Verdes are a particularly isolated set of islands or because palms are notoriously awkward to collect, little is known about the taxonomy, origins and natural history of this species.
		Chevalier (1935b) noted that Phoenix canariensis was occasionally planted on Cape Verde and recorded it from the island of Sao Vicente, to the west of the islands we visited.
	www.palms.org /palmsjournal/2003/capeverde.htm (4488 words)

	Cape Verde Flag - World Flags 101 - Cape Verdean Flags
		The flag of Cape Verde consists of a blue base with a white horizontal stripe about two thirds of the way down.
		The stripes symbolize the road to the construction of Cape Verde; while the color white represents peace and the color red represents effort.
		The Cape Verde flag was adopted on September 22, 1992 when Cape Verde severed its ties with Guinea Bissau, with whom it was supposed to unite with.
	www.worldflags101.com /c/cape-verde-flag.aspx (229 words)

	Cape Verde Visa Application - Tourist Visas, Business Visas, Expedited Visas - Cape Verde Page
		The Republic of Cape Verde consists of nine inhabited and several uninhabited volcanic islands off the West Coast of Africa.
		Cape Verde has few natural resources and suffers from inadequate rainfall and freshwater supplies.
		The catch in 1997 was 10,039 metric tons; the catch is usually composed chiefly of skipjack and yellowfin tuna and wahoo, a type of large mackerel.
	www.travisa.com /CapeVerde/CapeVerdevisa.htm (408 words)

	Cape Verde on the Internet
		Cape Verde information, history, music traditions, events, photos of music events.
		Cape Verde society, language, history, economy, etc.; created by Richard Leary.
		"Cape Verdean Student Association was started to help create awareness of the country and culture of the Cape Verdean people." Includes links to Cape Verdean student associations in the U.S., photographs of Cape Verde.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/capev.html (1754 words)

	Cape Verde Summary
		Cape Verde POPULATION 408,760 ROMAN CATHOLIC 95 percent PROTESTANT 5 percent Country Overview Introduction The Republic of Cape Verde (in Portuguese, República de Cabo Verde) comprises a group of nine inhabited islands that lie 385 miles off West Af...
		Cape Verde The Republic of Cape Verde is a small drought-scourged West African country located 480 kilometers (300 miles) due west of the westernmost point of Africa.
		Republic of Cape Verde República de Cabo Verde CAPITAL: Praia FLAG: The flag consists of two white horizontal stripes above and below a red horizontal stripe in the lower half of a blue field.
	www.bookrags.com /Cape_Verde (252 words)

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