CAPE VERDE

Republic of Cabo Verde · CV / CPV / 132

ISO 3166-1 CPV · 132

Cape Verde is a western africa country in Africa. It has a population of 543,767, uses CVE, speaks Portuguese.

Population 543,767

Area (km²) 4,033

Capital Praia

Region Western Africa

All facts

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ISO alpha-3: CPV
ISO numeric: 132
Calling code: +238
TLD: .cv
Driving side: —
Currencies: CVE
Languages: por
Timezones: —
Flag: 🇨🇻

Cities

top 25 by population

Praia Praia 137,868

Mindelo São Vicente 69,013

Espargos Sal 24,500

Assomada Santa Catarina 21,297

Tarrafal Tarrafal 13,483

Porto Novo Porto Novo 11,138

Sal Rei Boa Vista 10,936

São Filipe São Filipe 10,097

Pedra Badejo Santa Cruz 10,038

Santa Cruz Santa Cruz 9,488

Santa Maria Sal 8,400

Calheta São Miguel 6,329

Vila do Maio Maio 4,472

Tarrafal de São Nicolau Tarrafal de São Nicolau 4,371

Igreja Mosteiros 4,084

Cidade Velha Ribeira Grande de Santiago 3,319

Ponta do Sol Ribeira Grande 3,300

Ribeira Grande Ribeira Grande 3,000

São Domingos São Domingos 2,960

Ribeira Brava Ribeira Brava 2,851

Nova Sintra Brava 2,225

Picos São Salvador do Mundo 2,040

Pombas Paul 1,429

Cova Figueira Santa Catarina do Fogo 720

João Teves São Lourenço dos Órgãos 627

Airports

top 9

SID

Amílcar Cabral International Airport

Large airport

BVC

Aristides Pereira International Airport

Large airport

RAI

Nelson Mandela International Airport

Large airport

VXE

Cesaria Evora International Airport

Large airport

SNE

Preguiça Airport

Medium airport

MMO

Maio Airport

Medium airport

MTI

Mosteiros Airport

Small airport

NTO

Agostinho Neto Airport

Small airport

SFL

São Filipe Airport

Small airport

Universities

linked

Universidade Jean Piaget de Cabo Verde

cv.unipiaget.org

FAQ

4 questions

What currency does Cape Verde use?: CVE.
What languages are spoken in Cape Verde?: Portuguese.
What is the capital of Cape Verde?: Praia.
How many cities are in Cape Verde?: 25 on record.

Get this page as JSON

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cURL 200 OK

$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/countries/CV

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    "iso_numeric": "132",
    "common_name": "Cape Verde",
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    "capital": "Praia",
    "region": "Africa",
    "subregion": "Western Africa",
    "population": 543767,
    "flag_emoji": "🇨🇻",
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    "postal_code_format": null,
    "native_names": {},
    "calling_codes": [
      "+238"
    ],
    "tld": [
      ".cv"
    ],
    "flag_url": "/static/flags/cv.svg",
    "area": 4033.0,
    "latitude": 16.0,
    "longitude": -24.0,
    "languages": {
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    "currencies": {
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      }
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}