About Cape Verde
Cape Verde is a country in West Africa, one of the 54 countries of Africa on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Republic of Cabo Verde. In Arabic, the name is written كابو فيردي, and the capital برايا. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
The capital of Cape Verde is Praia. Praia lies at about 15° north and 24° west. The official language of Cape Verde is Portuguese. Its currency is the Cape Verdean Escudo, with the symbol Esc and the international code CVE.
Cape Verde covers about 4,033 square kilometres, which puts it 166th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It has no land border with any other country; the sea surrounds its territory on every side. Other countries in West Africa include Niger, Mali, and Mauritania. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Africa quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Cape Verde with the other countries of the same region.