• On the seaside of Kebra Canela, in Praia, capital of the Cape Verde archipelago in 2019. (news-ld.com)
  • In October 2015, an epidemic of rash, conjunctivitis, and arthralgia was noted by physicians in Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, an archipelago nation located in the Atlantic Ocean, west of the coast of Senegal. (cdc.gov)
  • Praia is the capital of Cape Verde, and the neighboring countries are Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania. (netmaps.net)
  • Víctor Borges, once the foreign minister of Cape Verde Arlindo Gomes Furtado, current bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde which covers all of the Sotavento Islands Danielson Gomes Monteiro, footballer Gilyto, singer Suzanna Lubrano, singer António Mascarenhas Monteiro (February 16, 1944-September 2016), a former president of Cape Verde from March 22, 1991 to March 22, 2001. (wikipedia.org)
  • Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). (wikipedia.org)
  • 2010 Census Summary Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33 Evolução histórica do Concelho de Santa Catarina (1834 - 1912), Ana Zenaida Gomes, 2005 Picos: a terra e a gente, Emanuel de Jesus Monteiro Vaz Fernandes, ISE, 2005, p. 27-29 "History" (in Portuguese). (wikipedia.org)
  • Is Cabo Verde a poor country? (countryreports.org)
  • Is Cabo Verde a wealthy country? (countryreports.org)
  • What is the GDP of Cabo Verde? (countryreports.org)
  • March 27, 1948), Cape Verdean writer Jovane Cabral, football player At the federal level, it belongs to the constituency of Santiago North. (wikipedia.org)
  • In fact, of the more than 1 million people of Cape Verdean ancestry in the world, only a little more than one-third actually live on the islands. (best-country.com)
  • Some 500,000 people of Cape Verdean ancestry live in the United States, mainly in New England. (best-country.com)
  • Since after independence from Portugal in 1975, a number of Cape Verdean students continued to be admitted every year at Portuguese high schools, polytechnical institutes and universities, through bilateral agreements between the Portuguese Government and the Cape Verdean Government. (best-country.com)
  • Although the official language is Portuguese, most Cape Verdeans speak Cape Verdean Creole (Crioulo in Portuguese, Kriolu or Kriol in Cape Verdean Creole) as their first language. (best-country.com)
  • Scripture Prayers for the Cape Verdean in São Tomé and Príncipe. (joshuaproject.net)
  • As the British coal industry went into decline in the 1980's though, this source of income dried up, and Britain had to abandon its Cape Verdean interests - a huge blow to the local economy. (learningportuguese.co.uk)
  • Ranking the first runner-up in West Africa for access to electricity behind Cape Verde according to the UN 2019 statistics report of sustainable development goal 7 (SDG7) (ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all), Ghana has failed its own agenda for universal access to electricity by 2020 as millions of Ghanaians are still in darkness. (myjoyonline.com)
  • In 2019, 79.30 per cent of the Ghanaian population had access to electricity according to the UN report of sustainable development goal 7. (myjoyonline.com)
  • In this research, we explore the capabilities of the novel World Settlement Footprint 2019 Imperviousness layer (WSF2019-Imp), as a single proxy in the production of a new high-resolution population distribution dataset for all of Africa-the WSF2019-Population dataset (WSF2019-Pop). (mdpi.com)
  • During 2015-2016, Cape Verde, an island nation off the coast of West Africa, experienced a Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak involving 7,580 suspected Zika cases and 18 microcephaly cases. (cdc.gov)
  • Cape Verde is an island country located off the coast of West Africa. (netmaps.net)
  • In fact, Africa will account for nearly half of global population growth over the next two decades (see Figure 1). (issafrica.org)
  • Most countries in sub-Saharan Africa have fewer workers supporting a larger proportion of the population (mainly children) than in other developing regions. (issafrica.org)
  • Figure 2 compares the demographic dividend of Nigeria, South Africa and Cape Verde with the average for Africa's low and lower middle-income groupings. (issafrica.org)
  • Limited health systems in poor African countries like Mozambique and Mali are in part offset by their younger populations, which have several times lower projected hospitalization rates compared to rich countries like South Africa and Egypt . (businesswire.com)
  • These wealthier countries in North and South Africa have older populations, which are far more vulnerable to hospitalizations and poor COVID-19 outcomes. (businesswire.com)
  • In Table 1, the data compares large countries such as South Africa (population 52 million) and Nigeria (population 173 million) with small countries such as Mauritius (population 1.2 million) and Cape Verde (population 0.5 million) without making any adjustments. (brookings.edu)
  • The Cape Verde archipelago of 10 main islands (9 of which are inhabited) lies about 400 miles off the west coast of Africa. (learningportuguese.co.uk)
  • Within this young population there are significant sex differences in prevalence--young women from sub-Saharan Africa accounted for about 71% of the HIV prevalence in that region for adolescents and young people living with HIV ages 15 to 24 in 2009 (2,4) . (bvsalud.org)
  • Survey data collected from 2005 to 2010 in sub-Saharan Africa indicates that only 10% of young women and 15% of young men (15-24 years) were aware of their HIV status, suggesting that the epidemic within this population is potentially largely undiagnosed and, consequently, not linked with care or treatment (2) . (bvsalud.org)
  • The first session was the visit of the President of Cape Verde and WHO Africa Director. (who.int)
  • The Cape Verde archipelago was uninhabited when the Portuguese discovered it in 1456. (best-country.com)
  • Santo Antao, one of the ten volcanic islands that make up the Cape Verde archipelago. (news-ld.com)
  • Cape Verde is an archipelago composed of ten volcanic islands (only one is uninhabited) that are about 500 kilometers from the coast of Senegal. (fides.org)
  • Shortly after independence, an unabated outward flow began, and now there are more Cape Verdeans outside than inside the Archipelago. (fides.org)
  • The population largely belongs (more than 90 percent) to the Catholic Church, which has been present in the Archipelago since the 15th century. (fides.org)
  • A strategic level off the coast of Senegal, on the highway to the Americas, Cape Verde then grew to become, from the sixteenth e century, a bridgehead for the transatlantic slave trade till its abolition in the 19 e century. (news-ld.com)
  • Till the sixteenth e century, they have been made primarily between Iberian populations and sure populations of the Senegambian area (present Senegal and Gambia). (news-ld.com)
  • South Sudan, Egypt and Cape Verde replace Nigeria, Tunisia and Senegal after earning their spots via qualifying. (espn.com)
  • Locations of suspected Zika cases (dark gray shading), Cape Verde, 2015-2016. (cdc.gov)
  • The National Electrification Master Plan according to the paper provided electricity to 82.5 per cent of the population until end of 2016. (myjoyonline.com)
  • The Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Density Grid consists of estimates of human population for the years 1990, 1995, and 2000 by 2.5 arc-minute grid cells and associated data sets dated circa 2000. (columbia.edu)
  • The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Department of Health and Human Services is requesting that a Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Supplement be added to the September 1989 and 1990 Current Population Survey. (cdc.gov)
  • As a result, Cape Verdeans are mulattoes (mestiços in Portuguese), who have mixed African and European origins. (best-country.com)
  • Most Cape Verdeans have both African and Portuguese antecedents. (geographyiq.com)
  • A multi-media, community news organization --in Portuguese, Kriolu, and English-- for Cape Verdian Americans and 'friends of Cape Verde. (columbia.edu)
  • The Portuguese came as indentured laborers from Madeira, the Azores and Cape Verde. (travelwizard.com)
  • Cape Verde has its own currency: the Escudo (the Portuguese word for 'shield') - but this is not the same currency as the old Portugese Escudo. (learningportuguese.co.uk)
  • A large proportion (236,000) of Cape Verdeans live on the main island, Santiago. (best-country.com)
  • According to the latest census - explains to Fides Father Antonio Ferreira, president of the national commission for the jubilee of the 500th anniversary of the evangelization of Santiago - there are about 500 thousand people living in Cape Verde, the majority are young or very young (more than 75%, ed. (fides.org)
  • Cape Verde continues to exhibit one of Africa's most stable democratic governments. (geographyiq.com)
  • Africa's population boom: burden or opportunity? (issafrica.org)
  • Africa's population is the fastest growing in the world. (issafrica.org)
  • By 2035, sub-Saharan Africa's population will still be the youngest in the world. (issafrica.org)
  • Yet, as Africa's population ages, the ratio between working-age individuals and the economically dependent population will change for the better. (issafrica.org)
  • 1) Africa's relatively young population is so far proving to be its best defense against COVID-19 deaths . (businesswire.com)
  • Survival in a country with few natural resources has historically induced Cape Verdeans to emigrate. (best-country.com)
  • People," the priest reports, "continue to emigrate from Cape Verde and to all corners of the world. (fides.org)
  • These populations with out descendants or nearly have however marked the tradition, since they've left phrases in the Creole lexicon. (news-ld.com)
  • Population Density (2000): Congo, Dem. (columbia.edu)
  • By listening to the 261 Cape Verdeans communicate, in line with totally different linguistic protocols, the researchers have certainly discovered the mark of the Bantu languages ​​of the Congo or Angola, develops this anthropologist and geneticist of the populations. (news-ld.com)
  • With a population of around 750,000, though, it is 29th on that same list. (funtrivia.com)
  • As a result, Cape Verde's expatriate population is greater than its domestic one. (geographyiq.com)
  • Sahel's vulnerability derives from its position as the epicenter of humanitarian violence in the country, while Sud-Ouest contains the greatest percentage of Burkina Faso's elderly population. (businesswire.com)
  • Santa Catarina is a concelho (municipality) of Cape Verde. (wikipedia.org)
  • Lei nº 65/VI/2005, p. 43 Source: Statoids Includes the population of the present-day São Salvador do Mundo municipality. (wikipedia.org)
  • The country has 10 islands and a resident population of about 500,000 people, and is characterized by high youth unemployment and low competitiveness. (unido.org)
  • Future estimates are from the UN Population Division. (nationmaster.com)
  • Data on the incidence of smoking was last collected on the CPS in September 1985, and provided estimates on smoking prevalence among various population groups. (cdc.gov)
  • The CPS will allow the following estimates to be obtained according to various demographic variables collected in the CPS: Number and percent of the population who have had their blood cholesterol measured. (cdc.gov)
  • The association between multiple risk factors, clinical correlations and molecular insights in Parkinson's disease patients from Tamil Nadu population, India. (cdc.gov)
  • During the demographic transition, countries move from having high birth rates and high death rates towards an older, more stable population structure characterised by much lower birth rates and higher life expectancy. (issafrica.org)
  • While there has also been decreasing incidence of HIV infection in adolescents in many countries--linked to clear trends toward safer behaviours and practices, including increased condom use and reduction in the number of sexual partners--adolescents remain particularly vulnerable to the infection, and HIV continues to be a prominent cause of death in this segment of the population (1) . (bvsalud.org)
  • Cape Verde vector maps are digital maps that show the country's administrative boundaries, major cities, and physical features. (netmaps.net)
  • Water supplies are largely dependent on desalinization plants which convert seawater into just enough drinking water for the population. (learningportuguese.co.uk)
  • Cape Verde has a population of approximately half a million people. (best-country.com)
  • That's very much a "visiting friends & relatives" flight, as there is a solid population of people from Cape Verde in the BOS area. (crankyflier.com)
  • Psychiatrists are extremely scarce and in population of over 101 million, there are only 63 psychiatrists yielding a ratio of 0.65 psychiatrists to 1 million people. (who.int)
  • Cape Verde is such a beautiful country with very welcoming people. (who.int)
  • This is the production version of Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3). (columbia.edu)
  • Many foreigners from other parts of the world settled in Cape Verde as their permanent country. (best-country.com)
  • Total population living in urban areas by country. (nationmaster.com)
  • Country Report: Cape Verde (EC Courier, 1996, 96 p. (nzdl.org)
  • The Courier N 158 - July - August 1996 - Dossier: Communication and the Media - Country Report: Cape Verde (EC Courier, 1996, 96 p. (nzdl.org)
  • In a country with an 80% illiteracy rate, radio is the only way of reaching the population. (nzdl.org)
  • But due to the scarcity of resources and environmental problems, mainly linked to global warming, it remains a country characterized by poverty and currently has more population outside than inside its borders. (fides.org)
  • While the small island state Cape Verde is classified as Middle Income Country, it still faces severe vulnerabilities such a s difficult access to water, strong dependence on remittances and foreign aid, growing drug trafficking and crime and poverty in remote islands. (unido.org)
  • The population density grids are derived by dividing the population count grids by the land area grid and represent persons per square kilometer. (columbia.edu)
  • To provide a time series of raster data on population density to facilitate data integration. (columbia.edu)
  • The origins of the populations of the Cape Verde Islands, a former hub of the African slave trade, have been just about erased from historical past. (news-ld.com)
  • In addition to humpbacks, critically endangered North Atlantic right whales are known to frequent the areas near Cape Cod and the Islands. (boston.com)
  • Other islands with 100-percent-renewable-energy goals include:Cape Verde, Tuvalu, Gotland (Sweden), and all 15 of the Cook Islands. (rmi.org)
  • The data collected in this Supplement will allow the NCEP to evaluate the progress toward reaching these goals by estimating the proportion of the population that is aware of their high blood cholesterol and that reports being on treatment for it. (cdc.gov)
  • This means it will see improvements in the ratio between the country's working-age population relative to the elderly and children. (issafrica.org)
  • The Current Population Survey is a survey conducted by the Census Bureau of the civilian noninstitutionalized population primarily for labor force participation data. (cdc.gov)
  • In recent years, the emergence of global built-area datasets that accurately describe the extent, location, and characteristics of human settlements has facilitated the production of new population grids, with improved quality, accuracy, and spatial resolution. (mdpi.com)
  • The ΣDDTs:ΣPCBs ratio was higher for males from Cape Verde (1.69) and Ireland (1.44), indicating proportionately greater sources of agricultural rather than industrial sources of pollutants than for the Gulf of Maine whales (0.75). (int-res.com)
  • Cape Verde, which last year managed to provide electricity to 96.61 per cent of its population and scored 91.87 out of 100. (myjoyonline.com)
  • Ghana back in 1989 committed to universal access to electricity by 2020, when only 15-20 per cent of the population had access to electricity. (myjoyonline.com)
  • Given the environmental damages and the high cost for electricity attached to the installation of the two sources, renewable energy can help close the gap in providing affordable energy to the populations. (myjoyonline.com)
  • Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), businesses and civil society groups can a play role to help cover the remaining of the Ghanaian population still unable to afford electricity thanks to the existing pro-renewable energy policies namely the Renewable Energy Act, 2011, Act 832. (myjoyonline.com)
  • Luxembourg has 0.007 per cent of the world's population and 0.095 per cent of world GDP. (links.org.au)
  • At the same time, the share of working-age individuals (aged 15 to 64) relative to the non-working-age population is increasing, which is good news for the economy. (issafrica.org)
  • Cape Verde, a lower middle-income yet highly urbanised economy, is an exception. (issafrica.org)
  • Switching to renewable energy can not only decrease fuel expenditures for many island populations, but can also show the world what can be done in the face of climate change. (rmi.org)
  • Tokelau (population: 1,500) is an island nation in the South Pacific, made up of three atolls whose highest point is only five meters above sea level. (rmi.org)
  • Dr Diéguez-Uribeondo's team focused their study on the loggerhead sea turtle ( Caretta caretta ) population on Boavista Island, Cape Verde, off the West African coast. (scienceblog.com)
  • While Boavista Island represents one of the most important nesting regions for this species a high hatching failure rate is driving population numbers down. (scienceblog.com)
  • Phylogeographic and serologic evidence support earlier introduction of this lineage into Cape Verde, possibly from northeast Brazil, between June 2014 and August 2015, suggesting cryptic circulation of the virus before the initial wave of cases were detected in October 2015. (cdc.gov)
  • ABSTRACT: Blubber lipid concentrations of 14 organochlorine compounds and 10 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) were measured by gas chromatography with electron-capture detection in eastern North Atlantic humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae from Cape Verde (n = 20) and Ireland (n = 4). (int-res.com)
  • About 90 percent of the population inhabits the narrow coast land area (The picture shows a pathway through a typical coastal village). (travelwizard.com)
  • Guyana is often referred to as the land of six peoples, reflecting the multi-ethnic composition of its population. (travelwizard.com)
  • Although about 40% of the population lives in rural areas, the share of food production in GDP is low. (countryreports.org)
  • Most psychiatrists are concentrated in the large cities and more than 80% of the populations of lives in rural areas. (who.int)