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    Sal (Portuguese for "salt") is an island in Cape Verde. Sal is a tourist destination with white sandy beaches and over 350 days of sunshine a year. It...
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    (IATA: SID, ICAO: GVAC), also known as Sal International Airport, is the main international airport of Cape Verde. The airport is named after the revolutionary...
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    International Airport on Sal Island. Cabo Verde Airlines was established in 1958. In July 1975, following the independence of Cape Verde, the airline was designated...
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    islands in Cape Verde, being the easternmost island of all. The distance between Boa Vista and Senegal is only 450 km. The capital of Boa Vista, Sal Rei, is...
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    Mary) is a city in the southern part of the island municipality of Sal, Cape Verde. It is located on the south coast, about 16 km south of the Amílcar...
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    capital and main commercial centre of the island and municipality of Sal, Cape Verde. The city is situated in the heart of the island. The highest point...
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    Cape Verde (⫽ˈvɜːrd(i)⫽ , VURD or VUR-dee) or Cabo Verde (⫽ˌkɑːboʊ ˈvɜːrdeɪ⫽ , ⫽ˌkæb-⫽ KA(H)B-oh VUR-day; Portuguese: [ˈkaβu ˈveɾðɨ]), officially the Republic...
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    Sal Rei is a city on the northwestern coast of the island of Boa Vista in eastern Cape Verde. Sal Rei is the island's main urban settlement, and the seat...
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    The economy of Cape Verde is a service-oriented economy that is focused on commerce, trade, transport and public services. Cape Verde is a small archipelagic...
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    Cape Verde (formally, the Republic of Cabo Verde) is a group of arid Atlantic islands which are home to distinct communities of plants, birds, and reptiles...
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  • This is a list of airports in Cape Verde, which have been historically an important infrastructural need for the economy and development of the country...
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    The archipelago of Cape Verde consists of 10 islands and several islets, divided into two groups: Barlavento (windward) islands Sotavento (leeward) islands...
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    Cape Verde was a colony of the Portuguese Empire from the initial settlement of the Cape Verde Islands in 1462 until the independence of Cape Verde in...
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    history of Cape Verde begins with the Portuguese invasion and colonization of the island in 1458. Possible early references to Cape Verde date back at...
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    Palmeira is a town in the northwestern part of the island of Sal, Cape Verde. In 2010 its population was 1,420. The town is situated on the west coast...
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    2019, making it the fourth most populous island of Cape Verde after Santiago, São Vicente and Sal. Its largest city is Porto Novo located on the southern...
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  • Most transportation in Cape Verde is done by air. There are regular flights between the major islands (Santiago, Sal and São Vicente), with less frequent...
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    The island of Sal in Cape Verde in the east of the Barlavento Islands is home to several teams and clubs. The major professional club may now be Académico...
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    Tourism in Cape Verde, a group of islands off the coast of Senegal, West Africa, started in the 1970s on the island of Sal and increased slowly in the...
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    Health in Cape Verde is limited due to limited health care in Cape Verde. Gains since 2000 have led to improvements. Medical facilities and some medicines...
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  • Thumbnail for Cape Verde women's national football team
    The Cape Verde women's national football team (recognized as Cabo Verde by FIFA) represents Cape Verde in international women's association football and...
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    citizens of Cape Verde and their spouses and children. Visitors from all other non-visa-exempt countries may obtain a visa on arrival at Sal, Boa Vista...
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    The wildlife of Cape Verde is found across its archipelago of ten islands and three islets, albeit in smaller numbers of species than mainland Africa....
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  • scheduled and charter, passenger and cargo regional airline based in Praia, Cape Verde. It operates inter-island services. Its main base is Nelson Mandela International...
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    meaning "black tip") is a headland in the southwest of the island of Sal in Cape Verde. It is about 2 km west of the town Santa Maria and about 2 km of Ponta...
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  • is a major occurrence in Cape Verde, especially in Santa Maria and the tourist beach resorts on the Cape Verdian island of Sal. The islands are also a...
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    Santiago (Portuguese for “Saint James”) is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation's population...
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    of the Barlavento (Windward) islands of Cape Verde. It is located between the islands of Santa Luzia and Sal. Its population is 12,424 (2015),: 36  with...
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    Politics of Cape Verde takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Cape Verde is the...
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    Pedra de Lume is a village in the northeastern part of the island of Sal, Cape Verde. The village is situated on the east coast, about 5 km east of the...
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