Cabo Verde
Flag
Adopted: 1975
The flag features a horizontal tricolor of blue, white, and red with a vertical yellow stripe on the hoist side and a circle of ten yellow stars representing the ten islands.
Flag fun fact: The ten stars on Cabo Verde's flag represent each of the country's volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean.
Colors
bluewhiteredyellowgreen
Design elements
stripescirclestars
Flag family: Pan-African
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Country context
Capital city: Praia
Western Africa · Africa
Independent from Portugal · 1975
Portuguese
Semi-presidential republic
UNAfrican Union
Island nation
