Cape Verde is known for its volcanic landscapes and colonial heritage. It has a population of 529.6 thousand, making it the 175th largest country in the world. Its capital is Praia. Cape Verde has a service-based economy with strong tourism sector.Cape Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country comprised of an archipelago of ten volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean, about 350 miles off the coast of Western Africa. The name Cape Verde has been used for the archipelago in English since its independence from Portugal in 1975.

Most people of Cape Verde are Creole, or of mixed white and black descent. A genetic study of the country’s inhabitants found that the population’s ancestry is mostly European in the male line and West African in the female line, with a percentage of 56% African and 44% European.