citation needed] Although nearly 35% of the population lives in rural areas, agriculture and fishing contribute only about 9% of GDP. In 1956, Amílcar Cabral and a group of fellow Cape Verdeans and Guineans organized (in Portuguese Guinea) the clandestine African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC). The European Commission's total allocation for the period of 2008–2013 foreseen for Cape Verde to address "poverty reduction, in particular in rural and peri-urban areas where women are heading the households, as well as good governance" amounts to €54. Our flags offer Excellent Value for Money, however, the biggest enemy to a flag are wind, rain, sun and lack of care. Most other religious groups are Protestant, with the evangelical Church of the Nazarene forming the second largest community; other sizeable denominations are the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Assemblies of God, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

We can also advise you on the size of flag, type of material and the right fixing system for your particular location. The vertical red stripe at the hoist represented the blood of national heroes and the revolutionary struggle for development. The background of the flag is made up of five unequal bands of blue, white and red – blue represents the sea and sky, whilst the red and white stripes stand for the road leading to the construction of the nation. Whilst it is not possible to control the weather, you can take care of your flag to lengthen its life.To be comparable with the other rankings on this table, the actual rank of 88 was inverted, by subtracting it from the number of countries on the list, currently 177.

The size of this invisible circle (which determines the size of the stars) is not specified by the constitution, but it is commonly constructed with a diameter equal to 1/12 of the height of the flag, i.

In some islands, like Santiago, the wetter climate of the interior and the eastern coast contrasts with the drier one on the south/southwest coast. It has an eight-kilometre-diameter (five-mile) caldera, the rim of which is at an elevation of 1,600 metres (5,249 feet) and an interior cone that rises to 2,829 metres (9,281 feet) above sea level. President Jorge Carlos Fonseca led the country since 2011 Cape Verde presidential election and he was re-elected in the 2016 election. These act as terminals for the inter-island ferry services, which carry both freight and passengers. a b c d e "Cape Verde", Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor (2001), Bureau of International Labor Affairs, United States Department of Labor, 2002, archived from the original on 28 August 2008 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

The recognized national language is Cape Verdean Creole, which is spoken by the vast majority of the population. The national flag of Cape Verde ( Portuguese: bandeira de Cabo Verde; Capeverdean ( ALUPEC): bandera di Kauberdi) was adopted on 22 September 1992, replacing the flag adopted during Cape Verdean independence, fought for with Guinea-Bissau, another former Portuguese colony on mainland West Africa. The National Flag of the Republic of Cabo Verde has five unequal horizontal bands of blue, white, and red, with a circle of ten yellow five-pointed stars.

Only five of the ten main islands (Santiago, Santo Antão, São Nicolau, Fogo, and Brava) normally support significant agricultural production, [61] and over 90% of all food consumed in Cape Verde is imported. Flag file is in official RGB color space for accurate representation on digital and rgb based print media. This is not a sum of two cultures living side by side, but a new culture resulting from an exchange that began in the 15th century.