Countries

Cabo Verde

Cabo Verde is an archipelago of ten volcanic islands in the Atlantic, about 570 km west of Senegal. Uninhabited until Portuguese settlement in the 1400s, it became independent in 1975 and is known for morna, its soulful music.

The bare cone of the Pico do Fogo volcano rising above a dark lava field on Fogo island, Cabo Verde

Pico do Fogo, Fogo island

Photo: Ximonic, Simo Räsänen, CC BY-SA 3.0

Blue for the sea and sky, white for peace and red for effort, the stripes marking the road to building the nation. The ten stars are the ten islands. Adopted in 1992.

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