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/ˌkeɪp ˈvɜːrd/
or Cabo Verde /kɑːboʊ ˈvɜːrdeɪ/, /kæ-/ (Portuguese: Cabo Verde, pronounced: [ˈkabu ˈveɾdɨ]), officially the “Republic of Cabo Verde”)
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-“Cape Verde” is an ‘island country’ spanning an archipelago of 10 volcanic islands in the central ‘Atlantic Ocean’-
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(located 570 kilometres (350 mi) off the coast of ‘West Africa’, the islands cover a combined area of slightly over 4,000 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi))
(the ‘Cape Verde’ archipelago was uninhabited until the 15th century, when ‘Portuguese’ explorers discovered and colonized the ‘islands’, establishing the first ‘european settlement’ in the ‘tropics’)
(ideally located for the ‘atlantic slave trade’, the islands grew prosperous throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, attracting ‘merchants’, ‘privateers’, and ‘pirates’)
(the end of ‘slavery’ in the 19th century led to ‘economic decline’ and ’emigration’)
(‘Cape Verde’ gradually recovered as an important commercial center and stopover for shipping routes)
(incorporated as an ‘overseas department’ of ‘Portugal’ in 1951, the islands continued to agitate for ‘independence’, which was peacefully achieved in 1975)
(since the early 1990s, ‘Cape Verde’ has been a stable ‘representative democracy’, and remains one of the ‘most developed’ and ‘democratic’ countries in ‘Africa’)
(lacking ‘natural resources’, its ‘developing economy’ is mostly ‘service-oriented’, with a growing focus on ‘tourism’ and ‘foreign investment’)
(its population of around 512,000 is mostly of mixed ‘European’ and ‘sub-saharan african’ heritage, and predominantly ‘Roman Catholic’, reflecting the legacy of ‘Portuguese’ rule)
(a sizeable ‘diaspora community’ exists across the world, slightly outnumbering inhabitants on the ‘islands’)
(historically, the name “Cape Verde” has been used in ‘English’ for the archipelago and, since independence in 1975, for the country)
(in 2013, the ‘Cape Verdean’ government determined that the ‘Portuguese’ designation Cabo Verde would henceforth be used for ‘official purposes’, such as at the ‘United Nations’, even in ‘English’ contexts)
(‘Cape Verde’ is a member of the ‘African Union’)
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