conventional long form: data represents children ages 10-14 (2001 est.)

conventional short form: Republic of Cabo Verde

local long form: Cabo Verde

local short form: Republica de Cabo Verde

UTC-1 (4 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

22 municipalities (concelhos, singular - concelho); Boa Vista, Brava, Maio, Mosteiros, Paul, Porto Novo, Praia, Ribeira Brava, Ribeira Grande, Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Sal, Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina do Fogo, Santa Cruz, Sao Domingos, Sao Filipe, Sao Lourenco dos Orgaos, Sao Miguel, Sao Salvador do Mundo, Sao Vicente, Tarrafal, Tarrafal de Sao Nicolau

5 July 1975 (from Portugal)

Independence Day, 5 July (1975)

previous 1981; latest effective 25 September 1992; revised 1995, 1999, 2010 (2010)

Civil law system of Portugal

has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt

chief of state: 18 years of age; universal

head of government: President Jorge Carlos FONSECA (since 9 September 2011)

cabinet: Prime Minister Jose Maria Pereira NEVES (since 1 February 2001)

elections: Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister

election results: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 7 August 2011 with a second round on 21 August 2011; prime minister nominated by the National Assembly and appointed by the president

percent of vote (second round) - Jorge Carlos FONSECA 53.4%, Manuel Inocencio SOUSA 46.6%

highest court(s): unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (72 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held on 6 February 2011 (next to be held by 2016) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PAICV 38, MPD 32, UCID 2

judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court of Justice (consists of the chief justice and at least 5 judges)

subordinate courts: judges appointments - 1 by the president of the republic, 1 elected by the National Assembly, and the remainder by the Supreme Council of Magistrates, a 9-member independent body presided over by the chief justice and includes the high judicial inspector, 2 presidential appointees, 3 elected by the National Assembly, and 2 by their court peers; chief justice appointed by the president of the republic from among peers of the Supreme Court and in consultation with the Supreme Council of the Magistrates; judge tenure NA

first instance (municipal) courts; audit, military, and fiscal and customs courts

Five unequal horizontal bands; the top-most band of blue - equal to one half the width of the flag - is followed by three bands of white, red, and white, each equal to 1/12 of the width, and a bottom stripe of blue equal to one quarter of the flag width; a circle of 10, yellow, five-pointed stars is centered on the red stripe and positioned 3/8 of the length of the flag from the hoist side; blue stands for the sea and the sky, the circle of stars represents the 10 major islands united into a nation, the stripes symbolize the road to formation of the country through peace (white) and effort (red)

lyrics:

note: adopted 1996