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Total area: 1,556 sq mi (4,030 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 538,535
Cape Verde is an archipelago in the Atlantic 385 mi (500 km) west of Senegal.
Uninhabited on their discovery in 1456, the Cape Verde islands became part of the Portuguese empire in 1495. A majority of today's inhabitants are of mixed Portuguese and African ancestry.
Following the 1974 coup in Portugal, after which Portugal began abandoning its colonial empire, the islands became independent in 1975.
Population (2014 est.): 538,535
Cape Verde is an archipelago in the Atlantic 385 mi (500 km) west of Senegal.
Uninhabited on their discovery in 1456, the Cape Verde islands became part of the Portuguese empire in 1495. A majority of today's inhabitants are of mixed Portuguese and African ancestry.
Following the 1974 coup in Portugal, after which Portugal began abandoning its colonial empire, the islands became independent in 1975.