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- <text id=93CT1642>
- <title>
- Cape Verde--Travel
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--CIA Factbook
- Northern Africa
- Cape Verde
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>CIA World Factbook</source>
- <hdr>
- Travel
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Customs and currency: U.S. citizens must have visas and
- inoculations against yellow fever. Typhoid, tetanus, and gamma
- globulin immunizations are strongly recommended. Malaria
- suppressants are recommended and should definitely be used if
- traveling via mainland Africa. Check latest immunization
- requirements. Cape Verdean escudos are not convertible outside
- the country.
- </p>
- <p> Climate and clothing: Cape Verde has a dry, temperate climate
- with little temperature variation throughout the year. September
- is the warmest month--26 degrees centigrade (71F). Rain is
- scarce; most falls between July and October. Strong northeast
- winds blow almost constantly.
- </p>
- <p> Health: Sanitation is fair in Fraia and Mindelo. Although
- these cities have hospitals, medical care is inadequate. All
- water supplies are unsafe for drinking. Bottled water is readily
- available. Avoid uncooked vegetables in local restaurants.
- </p>
- <p> Telecommunications: A satellite earth station in Praia links
- Cape Verde with the rest of the world. Telegraph facilities are
- available on most of the inhabited islands. Cape Verde has
- direct dialing telephone capacity to the United States.
- </p>
- <p> Transportation: Regular direct flights connect Sal Island
- with Boston, Lisbon, Frankfurt, Paris, Havana, and several
- African capitals. Direct flights link Praia with Dakar and with
- Bissau. Scheduled domestic air service connects Sal, Praia, and
- Mindelo with most of the other islands. International shipping
- companies make regular stops at Mindelo and Praia. Small vessels
- operate inter-island services. Taxis are available in Praia,
- Sal, and Mindelo. Cape Verde is four hours ahead of eastern
- standard time in winter and 3 hours ahead in summer, when the
- U.S. observes daylight saving time, wich is not observed in Cape
- Verde.
- </p>
- <p>Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs,
- November 1989.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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