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Area > Comparative slightly larger than Rhode Island
Area > Land	4,033 sq km		[169th of 238]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Total	4,033 sq km		[179th of 250]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city with population	Praia - 61,797
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate temperate; warm, dry summer; precipitation meager and very erratic
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Elevation extremes > Highest point Mt. Fogo 2,829 m (a volcano on Fogo Island)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Forested Land	21.1%		[116th of 193]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	16 00 N, 24 00 W
Source: FAO
Land use > Arable land	11.41%		[101st of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city	Praia
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city population	68,000		[148th of 174]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Largest city with population	Praia - 61,797
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Location Western Africa, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Senegal
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Map references	Other
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural hazards prolonged droughts; seasonal harmattan wind produces obscuring dust; volcanically and seismically active
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Natural resources salt, basalt rock, limestone, kaolin, fish, clay, gypsum
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density	100.68 people per sqkm		[97th of 256]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density > people per sq. km	125.76 people/m²		[71st of 204]
Source: Heal The World Foundation.
Surface area > sq. km	4,030 km²		[166th of 206]
Source: World Development Indicators database
tallest mountains > Mountain Mt. Fogo
Source: World Development Indicators database

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