The 1992 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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       Terrain:

       steep, rugged, rocky, volcanic

       Natural resources:

       salt, basalt rock, pozzolana, limestone, kaolin, fish

       Land use:

       arable land 9%; permanent crops NEGL%; meadows and pastures 6%; forest and

       woodland NEGL%; other 85%; includes irrigated 1%

       Environment:

       subject to prolonged droughts; harmattan wind can obscure visibility;

       volcanically and seismically active; deforestation; overgrazing

       Note:

       strategic location 500 km from African coast near major north-south sea

       routes; important communications station; important sea and air refueling

       site

      :Cape Verde People

      Population:

       398,276 (July 1992), growth rate 3.0% (1992)

       Birth rate:

       48 births/1,000 population (1992)

       Death rate:

       10 deaths/1,000 population (1992)

       Net migration rate:

       - 8 migrants/1,000 population (1992)

       Infant mortality rate:

       61 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       60 years male, 64 years female (1992)

       Total fertility rate:

       6.5 children born/woman (1992)

       Nationality:

       noun - Cape Verdean(s); adjective - Cape Verdean

       Ethnic divisions:

       Creole (mulatto) about 71%, African 28%, European 1%

       Religions:

       Roman Catholicism fused with indigenous beliefs

       Languages:

       Portuguese and Crioulo, a blend of Portuguese and West African words

       Literacy:

       66% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1989 est.)

       Labor force:

       102,000 (1985 est.); agriculture (mostly subsistence) 57%, services 29%,

       industry 14% (1981); 51% of population of working age (1985)

       Organized labor:

       Trade Unions of Cape Verde Unity Center (UNTC-CS)

      :Cape Verde Government

      Long-form name:

       Republic of Cape Verde

       Type:

       republic

       Capital:

       Praia

       Administrative divisions:

       14 districts (concelhos, singular - concelho); Boa Vista, Brava, Fogo, Maio,

       Paul, Praia, Porto Novo, Ribeira Grande, Sal, Santa Catarina, Santa Cruz,

       Sao Nicolau, Sao Vicente, Tarrafal

       Independence:

       5 July 1975 (from Portugal)

       Constitution:

       7 September 1980; amended 12 February 1981, December 1988, and 28 September

       1990 (legalized opposition parties)

       National holiday:

       Independence Day, 5 July (1975)

       Executive branch:

       president, prime minister, deputy minister, secretaries of state, Council of

       Ministers (cabinet)

       Legislative branch:

       unicameral People's National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional Popular)

       Judicial branch:

       Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Supremo Tribunal de Justia)

       Leaders:

       Chief of State:

       President Antonio Monteiro MASCARENHAS (since 22 March 1991)

       Head of Government:

       Prime Minister Carlos VEIGA (since 13 January 1991)

       Political parties and leaders:

       Movement for Democracy (MPD), Prime Minister Carlos VEIGA, founder and

       chairman; African Party for Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV), Pedro Verona

       Rodrigues PIRES, chairman

       Suffrage:

       universal at age 18

       Elections:

       People's National Assembly:

       last held 13 January 1991 (next to be held January 1996); results - percent

       of vote by party NA; seats - (79 total) MPD 56, PAICV 23; note - this

       multiparty Assembly election ended 15 years of single-party rule

       President:

       last held 17 February 1991 (next to be held February 1996); results -

       Antonio Monteiro MASCARENHAS (MPD) received 72.6% of vote

       Member of:

       ACP, AfDB, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, ILO, IMF, IMO,

       INTERPOL, IOM (observer), ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO,

       UPU, WCL, WHO, WMO

       Diplomatic representation:

       Ambassador Carlos Alberto Santos SILVA; Chancery at 3415 Massachusetts

       Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007; telephone (202) 965-6820; there is a Cape

       Verdean Consulate СКАЧАТЬ