Template:Infobox Cape Verde
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| República de Cabo Verde Republic of Cape Verde |
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| Anthem: Cântico da Liberdade | ||||||
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| Capital (and largest city) |
Praia |
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| Official languages | Portuguese (official) and nine Cape Verdean Crioulo languages |
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| Government | Republic | |||||
| - | President | Pedro Pires | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | José Maria Neves | ||||
| Independence | from Portugal | |||||
| - | Recognized | July 5, 1975 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 4,033 km² (172nd) 1,557 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | negligible | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | July 2006 estimate | 420,979 (165th) | ||||
| - | 2005 census | 507,000 | ||||
| - | Density | 126 /km² (79th) 326 /sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2005 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $3.055 billion (158th) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $6,418 (92nd) | ||||
| HDI (2004) |  0.722 (medium) (106th) |
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| Currency | Cape Verdean escudo (CVE) |
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| Time zone | CVT (UTC-1) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | not observed (UTC-1) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .cv | |||||
| Calling code | +238 | |||||
