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^15. Photos from Cape Verde

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^16. Time diference to GMT:

^1. Dependency status: NA

^2. Government type: republic

^3. Location: Western Africa, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Senegal

^4. Border Countries: none

^5. Climate: temperate; warm, dry summer; precipitation meager and very erratic

^6. Terrain: steep, rugged, rocky, volcanic

^7. Area: 4,033 km²

^8. Capital: Praia

^9. Administrative divisions: 14 districts (concelhos, singular - concelho); Boa Vista, Brava, Fogo, Maio, Paul, Praia, Porto Novo, Ribeira Grande, Sal, Santa Catarina, Santa Cruz, Sao Nicolau, Sao Vicente, Tarrafal; note - there may be a new administrative structure of 16 districts (Boa Vista, Brava, Maio, Mosteiros, Paul, Praia, Porto Novo, Ribeira Grande, Sal, Santa Catarina, Santa Cruz, Sao Domingos, Sao Nicolau, Sao Filipe, Sao Vicente, Tarrafal)

^10. Population: 405,163 (July 2001 est.)

^11. Languages: Portuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African words)

^12. Religions: Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs); Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene)

^13. Currency: Cape Verdean escudo (CVE)

^14. Original language tekst: NA

• More about Cape Verde (FactBook CIA)
• Polish office (embassady) in Cape Verde
• Polak za granica Poradnik 2002 (MSZ) wizy, cło, szczepienia itp.

^20. Recommended Travel Oficies in Poland:

• We await Your recomendations!

^21. Recommended Travel Oficies in Cape Verde:

• We await Your recomendations!

^22. Airlines:

• KLM (KL) - www.klm.com
• Lufthansa (LH) - www.lufthansa.com
• South African Airways (SA) - www.flysaa.com
• We await Your recomendations!
  

^23. Other transport (train, coach, boat etc.)

• We await Your recomendations!

^24. Cape Verde office in Poland:

• Embassada Republic of Cape Verde
  Dorotheenstrasse 43 (Dussmann Haus)
  D-10117 Berlin
  tel. (0-049 30) 20450955
  fax 20450966
  e-mail: embassy.capverde@knuut.de

^25. Intresting WEB's about Cape Verde:

• Cape Verde Page - University of Pennsylvania - Excellent collection of resources from the university's African Studies Center. Includes a map, travel advisories and reviewed sites
• Cabo Verde - The Embassy of the Republic of Cape Verdeto the USA
• Afro-Caribbean Musics: Cape Verde Islands
• CaboVerde 24 - tourism portal and search engine for Cabo Verde
• Consular Information - Cape Verde - US State Department's updated travel information on Cape Verde. With visa requirements and travel advice
• Cape Verde (republic) - an Encarta Encyclopedia Article Titled "Cape Verde (republic)"
• newAfrica.com: A Travel Guide to Capeverde - Detailed information on tourism in capeverde
  
• Cape Verde - An annotated guide to internet resources on Cape Verde for students, faculty, librarians, teachers, journalists, businesspeople and others.
  
• An MBendi Profile: Cape Verde - Overview
  
• CAPEVERDE "Italian" home page - caboverde - capoverde - Tourist information and business listings
• Lonely Planet - Destination Cape Verde - includes facts at a glance, history, culture, events, and suggested reading
• Ethnologue: Cape Verde - overview of spoken languages
• Weather Underground - Cape verde
  

^26. Other WEB's :

• SKYTRAX | the World Airline Site - The World Airline Site for latest Airline News, Airline Passenger Surveys, global Airline standards Rating, Best Airline and Airport of the Year, Airline Flight Reviews, Airline Quality Star Ranking across the world
• slowniki.onet.pl - dictionary translating from polish and english, german, french, italian, spanish, russian etc.
• babelfish.altavista.com - dictionary translaiting both ways in 25 lanquages useful in translating texts