Cape Verde is an archipelago of ten volcanic islands in the central Atlantic Ocean, located about 570 kilometres off the coast of West Africa. The islands had no indigenous population and were uninhabited until Portuguese colonisation in the 15th century. Cape Verde is known internationally for its distinctive morna music, associated with the legendary singer Cesária Évora, and has developed a stable democratic government and relatively strong economy for a small island nation.
Population and area are rounded.
Cape Verde's flag, adopted in 1992, replaced a design based on the flag of the PAIGC, the independence movement it once shared with Guinea-Bissau. Blue stands for the sea and the sky, the white and red stripes for peace and for the effort of building the nation, and the ten yellow stars for the ten main islands of the archipelago.
Cape Verde's ten islands are Santo Antão, São Vicente, Santa Luzia, São Nicolau, Sal, Boa Vista, Maio, Santiago, Fogo and Brava; Santa Luzia is uninhabited. Their stars are set in a circle, which recalls the flag of Europe, and placed off-centre towards the hoist. The country became independent from Portugal in 1975, and its flag changed in 1992 when it moved to multi-party democracy.
Blue with a horizontal red stripe and a ring of ten yellow stars on the left.
Cape Verde has one of the highest human development indices in Africa and is a stable democracy.
Every flag that has flown over Cape Verde, from today back through time.
Adopted in 1992 after multiparty democracy and a break from the union ideal with Guinea-Bissau. Its blue field, white-red-white stripes, and ring of ten yellow stars represent the ten main islands and a turn toward the Atlantic.
Adopted at independence in 1975, it shared its design with Guinea-Bissau's flag (both led by the PAIGC), using pan-African colors with a black star framed by a corn cob and seashell.
The 15 states, provinces and regions of Cape Verde with their own flags.
Boa Vista
Brava
Maio
Mosteiros
Paul
Porto Novo
Praia
Ribeira Grande
Sal
Santa Catarina
São Filipe
São Miguel
São Vicente
Tarrafal
Tarrafal de São Nicolau4 other national flags use the same main colours as Cape Verde's.
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