Overseas Province of Cape Verde Província Ultramarina de Cabo Verde | |||||||||
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1462–1975 | |||||||||
Anthem: "Hymno Patriótico" (1808–26) Patriotic Anthem "Hino da Carta" (1826–1910) Hymn of the Charter "A Portuguesa" (1910–75) The Portuguese | |||||||||
Status | Colony; Overseas province of the Portuguese Empire | ||||||||
Capital | Praia | ||||||||
Common languages | Portuguese | ||||||||
Head of state | |||||||||
• 1462–1481 (first) | Afonso V | ||||||||
• 1974–1975 (last) | F. da Costa Gomes | ||||||||
Governor | |||||||||
• 1588–1591 (first) | D. Lôbo da Gama | ||||||||
• 1974–1975 (last) | V. Almeida d'Eça | ||||||||
Historical era | Imperialism | ||||||||
• Established | 1462 | ||||||||
• Independence | 5 July 1975 | ||||||||
Currency | Cape Verdean real (until 1914) Cape Verdean escudo (from 1914) | ||||||||
ISO 3166 code | CV | ||||||||
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Today part of | Cape Verde |
History of Cape Verde |
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Colonial history |
Independence struggle |
Cape Verde was a colony of the Portuguese Empire from the initial settlement of the Cape Verde Islands in 1462 until the independence of Cape Verde in 1975.