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Western Africa

Cape Verde

Praia · 525 k · CVE

Cape Verde

Republic of Cabo Verde

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The ten stars are the ten islands, arranged as they actually sit in the ocean.

Capital: Praia
Population: 524,877
Area: 4,033 km²
Density: 130.1 / km²
Currency: Cape Verdean escudo (CVE Esc)
Language: Portuguese
Indo-European
Religion: Roman Catholicism

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Island nation — no land neighbours.

Flag — Blue with white and red stripes and a ring of ten yellow stars.

Outline — A scatter of ten islands far out in the Atlantic.

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