Cape Verde

Cape Verde officially the Republic of Cape Verde, is an island country spanning ten islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean about five hundred kilometres off the coast of Africa. The islands are covering a combined area of slightly over four thousand square kilometres, are of volcanic origin and while three of them are fairly flat, sandy and dry, the remaining ones are generally rockier and have more vegetation. The previously uninhabited islands were discovered and colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century, and became important in the Atlantic slave trade for their location. The islands' prosperity often attracted privateers and pirates. The decline in the slave trade in the 19th century resulted in an economic crisis for the islands. With few natural resources, and without strong sustainable investment from the Portuguese, the citizens grew increasingly discontented with the colonial masters, who nevertheless refused to provide the local authorities with more autonomy. A budding independence movement culminated in 1975. The country has an estimated population of about 500,000. Capital city is Praia.

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