Because there are so many changes to national and international flag designs we pride ourselves in maintaining an up-to-date database so you can be sure you'll receive the correct flag. Over the years, Cape Verde has increasingly become a net recipient of migrants, due to its relatively high per capita income, political and social stability, and civil freedom. The archipelago can be divided into four broad ecological zones – arid, semiarid, subhumid and humid, according to altitude and average annual rainfall ranging from less than 100 millimetres (3.

Since the early 1990s, Cape Verde has been a stable representative democracy and has remained one of the most developed and democratic countries in Africa. On the higher islands and somewhat wetter islands, exclusively in mountainous areas, like Santo Antão island, the climate is suitable for the development of dry monsoon forests, and laurel forests.

Expatriate Cape Verdeans contribute an amount estimated at 20% of GDP to the domestic economy through remittances. Speakers of English have used the name Cape Verde for the archipelago and, since independence in 1975, for the country. In addition, there are 28 health centers, 35 sanitation centers, and a variety of private clinics located throughout the archipelago. These islands lie between 600 and 850 kilometres (320 and 460 nautical miles) west of Cap-Vert, the westernmost point of continental Africa.

e., college graduates and undergraduate students) in Cape Verde is about 24%, of the local college-age population. It demanded improvement in economic, social and political conditions in Cape Verde and Portuguese Guinea and formed the basis of the two nations' independence movement. Cape Verde abandoned its hope for unity with Guinea-Bissau and formed the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV).The country is a horseshoe-shaped cluster of ten islands (nine inhabited) and eight islets, [43] that constitute an area of 4033 km 2 (1557 sq mi).

Our hand sewn Cape Verde National Flags are manufactured from our 155gsm Ministry of Defence approved woven. The circle of stars is centered at 3⁄ 8 of the height from the bottom (which corresponds to the center of the red stripe), and 3⁄ 8 of the width from the hoist side.President Jorge Carlos Fonseca led the country since 2011 Cape Verde presidential election and he was re-elected in the 2016 election. Between 2000 and 2009, real GDP increased on average by over seven percent a year, well above the average for Sub-Saharan countries and faster than most small island economies in the region. In 2023, Portugal signed an agreement to forgive €140 million of Cape Verde's debt in exchange for the country investing in environmental projects.