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THE NATIONAL ANTHEM 01 December 2003

Chant of Liberty
Sing, brother
Sing, my brother
For liberty is the hymn
And Man is certainty

With dignity, bury the seed
In the dust of the bare island
In the precipice of life

Hope is as big as the sea That embraces

General Figures 01 December 2003

Total land area: 4,033 km2 distributed among 10 islands

Population: 470,000 inhabitants

Closest neighbor: Senegal (450 km to the east)

Official language: Portuguese

National language: Crioulo

Religion: Catholicism

Education: Illiteracy

ARMS OF THE REPUBLIC 01 December 2003

The Lead symbolizes verticality and rectitude that constitute the “vault key” of the Cape Verdean Constitution.

National symbols 01 December 2003

The flag, national anthem and national arms are the symbols of the Republic of Cape Verde and of national sovereignty.
Read about the meaning of the national symbols.

THE NATIONAL FLAG 01 December 2003

The blue rectangle of the flag symbolizes the infinite space of the sea and sky that surrounds the islands.
The stripes symbolizes the path of the country’s construction – the blue stripe symbolizes the sea and the sky; the white stripe, the peace that is hoped for; the red, our

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