- In 1975, Cape Verde gained it’s independence from Portugal. Not so many years ago, the islands counted still among the poorest countries on the globe.
- 1. No one lived in Cape Verde Islands until 1456. Before the year 1456, there were only plants and a few animals on the islands.
- Like Senegal's Goree island (see Maison des Esclaves), the Cape Verde Islands served as a strategically important slave trading post during that dark era.
- In Cape Verde, the islands are divided into two different regions. ... Cape Verde consists of fourteen parts under Barlavento Islands and Sotavento Islands.
- Fogo, home to the active volcano Pico do Fogo, reaches the highest elevation in Cape Verde at 2,829 meters (9,281 feet), dominating the island's landscape.
- The Cape Verde islands are comprised of an archipelago of ten islands and five islets that lie about 500 km off the west coast of Africa.
- The other two endemic species have a narrower distribution—the critically endangered Raso lark on Raso Islet and the Cape Verde warbler on three islands.
- From the moment you set foot on the Cape Verde Islands, you’ll be immersed in a world where African and European influences intertwine.
- The ten islands of Cape Verde each has a character of its own, created by-the ecological layout, the locals and the magic of different climates.
- Santo Antão – The island of mountains, wind and water. Many names could be given to the second-largest island of Cape Verde.