{"id":349065,"date":"2025-11-01T12:49:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T07:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=349065"},"modified":"2025-11-01T12:49:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T07:19:44","slug":"key-facts-about-cape-verde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-facts-about-cape-verde\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts About Cape Verde"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>&#8211; Cape Verde recently became the second-smallest country by population to qualify for the FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<h2>About Cape Verde<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_349066\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-349066\" style=\"width: 355px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-349066\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cape-Verde.png?resize=355%2C322&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cape Verde\" width=\"355\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cape-Verde.png?w=622&amp;ssl=1 622w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cape-Verde.png?resize=300%2C272&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-349066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source- Britannica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"49\" data-end=\"92\"><strong data-start=\"49\" data-end=\"67\">Official Name:<\/strong> Republic of Cabo Verde<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"147\" data-end=\"237\"><strong data-start=\"147\" data-end=\"160\">Location:<\/strong> Atlantic Ocean, off the <strong data-start=\"185\" data-end=\"217\">northwestern coast of Africa<\/strong>, near <strong data-start=\"224\" data-end=\"235\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Senegal.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"240\" data-end=\"344\"><strong data-start=\"240\" data-end=\"264\">Geographical Nature:<\/strong> Archipelagic state consisting of <strong data-start=\"302\" data-end=\"325\" data-is-only-node=\"\">10 volcanic islands<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"330\" data-end=\"342\">5 islets<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"347\" data-end=\"367\"><strong data-start=\"347\" data-end=\"365\">Island Groups:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"372\" data-end=\"407\">Barlavento (Windward Islands)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"412\" data-end=\"445\">Sotavento (Leeward Islands)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"448\" data-end=\"501\"><strong data-start=\"448\" data-end=\"460\">Capital:<\/strong> <strong data-start=\"461\" data-end=\"470\">Praia<\/strong> (located on Santiago Island)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"504\" data-end=\"601\"><strong data-start=\"504\" data-end=\"516\">Terrain:<\/strong> Eastern islands are older and flatter; western islands are younger and mountainous<\/li>\n<li><strong data-start=\"795\" data-end=\"817\">Official Language:<\/strong> Portuguese<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"895\" data-end=\"953\"><strong data-start=\"895\" data-end=\"916\">Political System:<\/strong> Unitary parliamentary republic<\/li>\n<li><strong data-start=\"1004\" data-end=\"1044\">Neighboring Country (Nearest Point):<\/strong> Senegal<\/li>\n<li><strong data-start=\"1189\" data-end=\"1207\">UN Membership:<\/strong> Joined in <strong data-start=\"1218\" data-end=\"1226\">1975<\/strong>, after gaining independence from <strong data-start=\"1260\" data-end=\"1272\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Portugal<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News&#8211; Cape Verde recently became the second-smallest country by population to qualify for the FIFA World Cup. About Cape Verde Official Name: Republic of Cabo Verde Location: Atlantic Ocean, off the northwestern coast of Africa, near Senegal. Geographical Nature: Archipelagic state consisting of 10 volcanic islands and 5 islets Island Groups: Barlavento (Windward Islands) Sotavento&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-facts-about-cape-verde\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Key Facts About Cape Verde<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039,11211],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-349065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}