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Cape Verde Thematic Maps

Country (long form)	Republic of Cape Verde
Capital	Praia
Total Area	1,557.15 sq mi 4,033.00 sq km (slightly larger than Rhode Island)
Population	405,163 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050	380,614
Languages	Portuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African words)
Literacy	71.6% total, 81.4% male, 63.8% female (1995 est.)
Religions	Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs); Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene)
Life Expectancy	65.93 male, 72.6 female (2001 est.)
Government Type	republic
Currency	1 Cape Verdean escudo (CVEsc) = 100 centavos
GDP (per capita)	$1,700 (2000 est.)
Industry	food and beverages, fish processing, shoes and garments, salt mining, ship repair
Agriculture	bananas, corn, beans, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, coffee, peanuts; fish
Arable Land	11%
Natural Resources	salt, basalt rock, pozzuolana (a siliceous volcanic ash used to produce hydraulic cement), limestone, kaolin, fish