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Cape Verde (CV) |
| Continent: |
Africa |
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| Surface: |
4.033 km ² |
| Inhabitants: |
415.294 |
| Capital: |
Praia |
International banking code (ISO Codes): |
CV |
| Official language: |
Portuguese, creole capverdien |
Code: |
+238 |
| Currency: |
Escudo capverdien |
Number plate: |
CV |
| Routes of Cape Verde: |
334 |
Routes towards Cape Verde: |
550 |
| Preferred airports: |
Praia (SPOKE), Sao Vicente San Pedro (VXE), Sal (SID), Boa Vista Rabil (BVC), Sao Nicolau Preguica (SNE), Maio Villa Maio (MO), Sao Filipe (SFL) |
| Principal cities: |
Praia, Mindelo, Santa Maria, Santa Cruz, São Filipe, Assomada, Tarrafal, Oporto Novo, Ribeira Faced, Ponta C Ground, Maio, Sal Rei, Pombas, Oporto back Mosteiros, Bofareira |
| Airline company based in Cape Verde: |
TACV |
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Tourist guide Cape Verde (Africa) |
The Republic of Cape Verde is an insular country of the Atlantic Ocean located at 550 km off the coasts of Senegal. The archipelago is composed of 15 islands of volcanic origin, of which 9 only are inhabited. There is habit to divide the islands into “islands on the wind” and into “Leeward Islands”. Among the islands on the wind one counts Santo Antão, São Vicente, São Nicolau, Sal, Boa Vista and the not inhabited islands of Santa Luzia, Branco and of Raso. Among Leeward Islands, one counts Maio, Santiago, Fogo and Brava as well as the not inhabited islands of Ilhéus C Rombo.
Relief and river: the culminating point of the archipelago is the volcano Pico C Fogo which rises at an altitude of 2.839 m on the homonymous island.
Climate and period of voyage advised: it reigns in Republic of Cape Verde throughout the year a hot and wet climate. The temperatures vary according to the winds between 20° and 30°C. The falls of rains are rather rare and occur especially between August and September.
Official languages and spoken languages: the official language is Portuguese, but the indigenous population uses much more usually the Creole capverdien. In the tourist places, English and French in general are included/understood and spoken.
Health and vaccinations: generally one advises with the travellers to be made vaccinate against hepatitis has, typhus, the polio, the diphteria and tetanus. To prevent the viral diseases transmitted by the insects and the mosquitos, it is in general enough to cover well and apply products anti-insects available on the spot. The health system is in addition satisfactory in the big cities and the very tourist places. It nevertheless is advised to contract an insurance travels including/understanding an insurance repatriation for the most serious cases. For more safety and to avoid risks of infection, it is recommended to consume only bottled water, to peel the fruits well and to make cook vegetables before consuming them. Lastly, think of providing you with a first-aid kit of voyage.
Conditions of entry on the territory: for the French nationals, a valid passport is not enough to penetrate on the territory capverdien, a tourist visa is obligatory and can be obtained from the embassy or of the consular services capverdiens. The minor travellers must be provided with an individual passport.
For further information concerning vaccinations, the conditions of entry and safety, you can for example consult the site of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Voyages and transport: the national company capverdienne Airlines TACV (VR) proposes of Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) of the direct flights bound for the international airport of Praia (SPOKE) on the island of Santiago. Other companies such as Tap Air (TP) or Air Senegal International (V7) propose flights with stopovers of Paris-Orly (ORY). For the interior flights, the national company offers connections towards Sal (SID), Sao Felipe (SFL), Sao Nicolao (SNE) and towards Sao Vincente (VXE). From Marseilles (MRS) and Lyon-Saint-Exupéry-Satolas (LILY) Tap Air (TP) proposes flights with a stopover in Lisbon (LILY).
The capital: the most populated most important city and archipelago, Praia, are on the island of Santiago and shelter approximately 70.000 inhabitants. It is also the economic center of the archipelago. The island belongs to Leeward Islands and is, like all the islands of the archipelago, of volcanic origin. The center of the island is rather mountainous and it rains there rather often whereas the coasts rather present a landscape and a desert climate and some beautiful beaches.
Tourist sites and places of bathe: Santo Antão is the second larger island of the archipelago and fact part of the islands on the wind. The island is famous for its very contrasted relief composed of an alternation of deep valleys and tops escarpés. The south of the island is dry and arid while north wet and is covered with an abundant vegetation which makes of it the greenest island of the archipelago. The island is the privileged destination of the tourists in this area because it makes it possible splendid to make excursion along picturesque ways as well as beautiful beaches to slacken.
The island of Sal owes its name with the important quantity of salt which is there and which it exploits in the form of saltworks. It belongs to the islands on the wind and profits from 350 days an annual sunning, agreeably moderated per annum by winds blowing of the North-West, which is worth to him to be a destination appraisal of the veliplanchists and amateurs of veil. The plungers will find there also their happiness since off the island live some benches of coral populated of fish parrots, barracudas and murenes. With a little chance, they will be able to also see blue whales and dolphins.
The port city of Mindelo on the island of São Vicente is a stopover considered for the boats of cruising but is especially known for its annual and coloured carnival, inspired of the Brazilian carnival. São Vicente also has beautiful dwellings of Portuguese colonial style and was in 2003 the cultural capital of the countries portugophones.
The island of Faced is smallest of the inhabited islands capverdiennes. It is located at only 3 hours of boat of Fogo and can enorgueillir more beautiful landscape of the archipelago than one can discover by the excursion.
Religion: the local population is declared to 80% catholic. There exists also a Protestant community accounting for approximately 10% of the population and also of smaller communities of Mormons and witnesses of Jéhovah.
Big cities and possibilities of lodging: Praia, Mindelo, Santa Maria, Pedra Badejo und Sao Filipe.
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Flights expensive not preferred towards and from Cape Verde/CV
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