Flag of Cape Verde

🎨 What the flag means

Cape Verde's flag is mostly blue, with white and red stripes and a ring of ten yellow stars. The blue stands for the sky and the sea, white for peace and red for the effort of building the nation. The ten stars stand for the country's ten islands, placed in a circle to show unity.

📊 Quick facts

👥 Population

556 thousand (2020)

🏙️ Capital

Praia159.1 thousand people (2017)

🗣️ Main language

Portuguese

✨ 3 fun facts

1. Nobody lived on the Cape Verde islands until Portuguese explorers settled there in the 1400s.
2. Fogo is the only island where a volcano has erupted since people began living on the islands.
3. Cachupa, a slow-cooked stew of corn, beans and fish or meat, is a popular Cape Verdean dish.