Cape Verde (historically)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Cape_Verde_(historically)
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:state_order
gptkbp:archipelago Cape Verde Islands
gptkbp:area 4033 km²
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Praia
gptkbp:changedOfficialNameTo gptkb:Cabo_Verde
gptkbp:climate tropical dry
gptkbp:coatOfArms gptkb:Coat_of_arms_of_Cape_Verde
gptkbp:containsSettlement 1462
gptkbp:continent gptkb:Africa
gptkbp:conventionalLongName gptkb:Republic_of_Cape_Verde
gptkbp:currency Cape Verdean escudo
gptkbp:demonym Cape Verdean
gptkbp:dialCode +238
gptkbp:discoveredBy Portuguese explorers
gptkbp:drivesOn right
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_Cape_Verde
gptkbp:formerColonyOf gptkb:Portugal
gptkbp:formerName gptkb:Portuguese_Cape_Verde
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:politics
gptkbp:historicalEvent Droughts and famines in 18th-20th centuries
Independence from Portugal in 1975
Transatlantic slave trade stopover
gptkbp:historicalName gptkb:Cabo_Verde
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cape Verde (historically)
gptkbp:independenceDate 1975-07-05
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code CV
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:African_Union
gptkb:Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries
gptkb:ECOWAS
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Mindelo
gptkb:Assomada
gptkb:Santa_Maria
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Santiago
gptkb:Sal
gptkb:São_Vicente
gptkb:Brava
gptkb:Fogo
gptkb:Maio
gptkb:Boa_Vista
gptkb:São_Nicolau
gptkb:Santa_Luzia
gptkb:Santo_Antão
gptkbp:officialLanguage Portuguese
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Republic_of_Cape_Verde
gptkbp:populationEstimate ~500,000
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:timezone UTC−1
gptkbp:UNMemberSince 1975
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Guinea-Bissau_(PAIGC)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8