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  • Title: Cape Verde.
    Author: United States. Department of State. Bureau of Public Affairs.
    Journal: Backgr Notes Ser; 1986 Oct; ():1-4. PubMed ID: 12177939.
    Abstract:
    This summary background paper for the Cape Verde Islands, by the U.S. State Department, includes geography, people, history, government, politics, economy and foreign relations. Cape Verde, located 650 km west of Senegal, has 10 volcanic islands inhabited by 339,000 people of combined African and Portuguese descent. The annual growth rate is 1.4%, although numbers of Cape Verdeans emigrate or work abroad. Per capita income is about $350; resources include volcanic rock, fish, salt, ship repair and light industry, subsistence and tropical agricultural products, although there has been a drought since 1968. Cape Verde has been independent since 1975. There is one political party, and a constitutional government. The country is nonaligned, and is on good terms with many other nations, accepting foreign aid from several sources. A significant proportion of the GNP derives from Cape Verde nationals working abroad.
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