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Extensible Markup Language  |  1995-06-13  |  3KB  |  19 lines
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  2. <!DOCTYPE card PUBLIC "-//Apple, Inc.//DTD card V 2.0//EN" "" >
  3. <card>
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  13.         <id>31</id>
  14.         <text><span class="style42"></span><span class="style12">CAPE VERDE</span><span class="style14"></span><span class="style42">Official name:</span><span class="style13"> A Rep├║blica de Cabo Verde (The Republic of Cape Verde)</span><span class="style42">Member of: </span><span class="style13">UN, OAU, ECOWAS</span><span class="style42">Area: </span><span class="style13">4033 km2 (1557 sq mi)</span><span class="style42">Population: </span><span class="style13">350000 (1993 est)</span><span class="style42">Capital: </span><span class="style13">Praia 62000 (1990 est)</span><span class="style42">Languages: </span><span class="style13">Portuguese (official), Crioulu (Creole; majority)</span><span class="style42">Religion: </span><span class="style13">Roman Catholic (over 92%)</span><span class="style42">GOVERNMENT</span><span class="style13">The 79-member National Assembly is elected for five years by universal adult suffrage. The Assembly elects a President ΓÇô also for five years ΓÇô who appoints a Prime Minister and a Council of Ministers.</span><span class="style42">GEOGRAPHY</span><span class="style13">Cape Verde consists of ten volcanic, semiarid islands. Fogo Island, with its active volcano, reaches 2829 m (9281 ft). </span><span class="style42">Climate: </span><span class="style13">Cooled by northeast winds, temperatures seldom exceed 27 ┬░C (80 ┬░F). Rainfall is low.</span><span class="style42">ECONOMY</span><span class="style13">Lack of surface water hinders agriculture, and over 90% of Cape VerdeΓÇÖs food has to be imported. Money sent back by over 700000 Cape Verdeans living abroad is vital to the economy. </span><span class="style42">Currency: </span><span class="style13">Cape Verde escudo.</span><span class="style42">HISTORY</span><span class="style13">Settled by the Portuguese in the mid-15th century, the islands became a center of the slave trade. A very mixed and impoverished population resulted. Independence was achieved in 1975 under a Marxist-Leninist regime. A free-market economy and a multi-party system were introduced in 1990.</span></text>
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