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Cape Verde is an archipelago, and its islands are historically divided into two groups, or regions: Barlavento (meaning literally Windward), including Santo Antão, São Vicente, Santa Luzia, São Nicolau, Sal and Boa Vista, in the northern side. Sotavento (meaning literally Leeward), including Maio, Santiago, Fogo and Brava, in the southern side.
This is a list of Cape Verde regions by Human Development Index as of 2022, including Praia, the capital and largest city. [1] Rank Region HDI 1 Santiago-Praia:
The territory of Cape Verde is divided into 22 concelhos (municipalities), and subdivided into 32 freguesias (equivalent to civil parish). In Portuguese language usage, there are two words to distinguish the territory and the administrative organ.
The ocean near Cabo Verde is an area of tropical cyclone formation; since these storms have the whole Atlantic over which to develop as they move westward, they are among the most intense hurricanes, and are called Cape Verde-type hurricanes. The Cape Verde islands are a very degradated area. Also, most islands do not always get a monsoon.
Pages in category "Cape Verde geography-related lists" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... List of Cape Verde regions by Human Development ...
Cape Verde (/ ˈ v ɜːr d (i)/ ⓘ, VURD(-ee)) or Cabo Verde (/ ˌ k ɑː b oʊ ˈ v ɜːr d eɪ / ⓘ KAH-boh VUR-day, / ˌ k æ b oʊ-/ KAB-oh -, [ˈkabu ˈveɾdɨ]), officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about 4,033 square kilometres ...
Currently for Cabo Verde, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for two levels of subdivisions: 2 geographical regions (i.e., the Barlavento Islands and the Sotavento Islands) 22 municipalities; Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is CV, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Cabo Verde. The second part is either of the following:
Cape Verde – sovereign country located on an archipelago in the Macaronesia ecoregion of the North Atlantic Ocean, off the western coast of Africa. [1] The previously uninhabited islands were discovered and colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century (though there may have been earlier discoveries ), and attained independence in 1975.