Colony; Overseas province of the Portuguese Empire
Capital
Praia
Common languages
Portuguese
Head of state
• 1462–1481 (first)
Afonso V
• 1974–1975 (last)
F. da Costa Gomes
Governor
• 1588–1591 (first)
D. Lôbo da Gama
• 1974–1975 (last)
V. Almeida d'Eça
Historical era
Imperialism
• Established
1462
• Negotiated decolonisation
5 July 1975
Currency
Cape Verdean real (until 1914) Cape Verdean escudo (from 1914)
ISO 3166 code
CV
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Uninhabited Cape Verde
Cape Verde
Today part of
Cape Verde
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History of Cape Verde
Colonial history
Portuguese Cape Verde
Portuguese Empire
Immigration to the USA
Atlantic slave trade
Famine in Cape Verde
Independence struggle
African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde
African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde
Portuguese Colonial War
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Proposed flag for Portuguese Cape Verde (1932)Proposed flag for Portuguese Cape Verde (1965)
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