Republic of Cape Verde
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Capital: Praia
Total Area: 1,557.15 sq mi,4,033.00 sq km,(slightly larger than Rhode Island)
Population: 405,163 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050: 380,614
Languages: Portuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African words)
Literacy: 71.6% total, 81.4% male, 63.8% female (1995 est.)
Religions: Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs); Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene)
Life Expectancy: 65.93 male, 72.6 female (2001 est.)
Government Type: republic
Currency: 1 Cape Verdean escudo (CVEsc) = 100 centavos
GDP (per capita): $1,700 (2000 est.)
Industry: food and beverages, fish processing, shoes and garments, salt mining, ship repair
Agriculture: bananas, corn, beans, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, coffee, peanuts; fish
Arable Land: 11%
Natural Resources: salt, basalt rock, pozzuolana (a siliceous volcanic ash used to produce hydraulic cement), limestone, kaolin, fish
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