africa • CPV
Cape Verde
Location marker · geographic overview
16.54° N / 23.04° WTHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Praia
- Population
- 524,877 2024
- Area
- 4,033 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Portuguese
- Currency
- Cape Verdean escudo (CVE)
- Geography
- Island country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Cape Verde
Cape Verde or CV, officially Cabo Verde (Portuguese: Cabo Verde, Kriolu: Kabu Verdi) is a country off the coast of West Africa. It is in a cluster of islands of the Atlantic Ocean, 570 km (350 mi) off the western coast of Senegal.
Landscape & landmarks
Cape Verde is a breathtaking, 10-island volcanic archipelago, 500 km off the west coast of Africa, blending African, Brazilian and Portuguese influences.Read the see section ↗
Food & everyday culture
Cape Verde has fantastic fresh seafood. Tuna is common, as is Wahoo - a white fleshed fish with similar texture.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-25. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Calling code
- +238
- Internet domain
- .cv
- Land border codes
- None listed
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .cv. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.