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Portuguese Cape Verde

former colony of the Portuguese Empire in the Cape Verde Islands
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Summary

Portuguese Cape Verde is a colony[1]. It draws 1,649 Wikipedia views per month (colony category, ranking #56 of 146).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Portuguese Empire[3], Cape Verde[4]
  • Instance of: overseas province of Portugal[5]
  • Capital: Cidade Velha[6], Praia[7]
  • Currency: Cape Verdean real[8], Cape Verdean escudo[9]
  • Part of: Portuguese Empire[10], Portuguese colonization of Africa[11]
  • Commons category: Portuguese Cape Verde[12]
  • Inception: January 1, 1462[13]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: July 5, 1975[14]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Macaronesia[15], Cape Verde Islands[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Portuguese Cape Verde[17]
  • Replaced by: Republic of the Cape Verde Islands[18]
  • Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity: Cape Verde[19]

Why It Matters

Portuguese Cape Verde has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Cape Verde Cape Verdean escudo Praia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Portuguese Cape Verde
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'ckb', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'ko',
    Instance of → —
    Sitelink count → 22
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Located in/on physical feature: Cape Verde Islands, fix redirect Cape Verde Archipelago → Cape Verde Islands ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/e55e70d5cac0|details]])"
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