Worth knowing
Cabo Verde
Cidade Velha, on the island of Santiago, was the first colonial town Europeans built in the tropics. Founded in the 15th century, it is now a World Heritage site.
Where its story happens
Cidade Velha, Santiago, at 14.91°N, 23.61°W. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Cabo Verde
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the hard countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Cabo Verde (Cape Verde), the islands in the Atlantic about 600 km west of Senegal. See Cabo Verde on a map.
- It is a chain of ten islands far out in the Atlantic, where people speak Portuguese and a creole called Crioulo.
- Its singer Cesária Évora, the 'Barefoot Diva', made its sorrowful morna songs famous around the world.
- Nobody lived on its islands until Portuguese settlers arrived in the 1460s.
- This country is named after a cape that isn't in it: the cape is on the mainland, about 600 km away.