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Republic of Cape Verde
National name: República de Cabo Verde
President: Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro (1991)
Prime Minister: Carlos Wahnon Veiga (1991)
Area: 1,557 sq. mi. (4,030 sq. km)
Population: (1999 est.): 405,748 (average annual rate of natural increase: 2.67%); birth rate: 33.5/1000; infant mortality rate: 45.5/1000; density per sq. mi.: 261
Capital (1990): Praia, 61,797
Other large city (est. 1982): Mindelo, 50,000
Monetary unit: Cape Verdean escudo
Languages: Portuguese, Criuolo
Ethnicity/race: Creole (mulatto) 71%, African 28%, European 1%
Religion: Roman Catholic fused with indigenous beliefs
Literacy rate: 67%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $581 million; $1,450 per capita. Real growth rate: 7%. Inflation: 4.3%. Unemployment: n.a. Arable land: 11%. Agriculture: bananas, corn, beans, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, coffee, peanuts; fish. Labor force: n.a. Industry: food and beverages, fish processing, shoes and garments, salt mining, ship repair. Natural resources: salt, basalt rock, pozzuolana (volcanic ash used to produce hydraulic cement), limestone, kaolin, fish. Exports: $43 million (f.o.b., 1997 est.): shoes, garments, fish, bananas, hides. Imports: $215 million (f.o.b., 1997 est.): foodstuffs, consumer goods, industrial products, transport equipment, fuels. Major trading partners: Portugal, Germany, Spain, France, U.K., Malaysia, The Netherlands, U.S.
