r, ISBN 978-1-4020-6511-8 ↑ 62.0 62.1 62.2 "The Peace Corps Welcomes You to Cape Verde" (PDF). Peace Corps. April 2006. 27 April 2017 දින මුල් පිටපත (PDF) වෙතින් සංරක්ෂණය කරන ලදී. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.↑ Halter, Marilyn (2013). "Cape Verdeans and Cape Verdean Americans, 1870–1940". In Barkan, Elliott Robert (ed.). Immigrants in American History: Arrival, Adaptation, and Integration, Volume 1. ABC-CLIO Publisher. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-59884-219-7. 7 August 2023 දින පැවති මුල් පිටපත වෙතින් සංරක්ෂිත පිටපත. සම්ප්‍රවේශය 17 May 2021. The Cape Verde Islands...chain...was named after the westernmost tip of mainland Africa, the Cape Vert, and[,] while the term "Verde" (green) gives the impression of a lush and verdant landscape, nothing could be further from the truth. The islands are essentially a maritime extension of the dry and dusty Sahel desert region, and the terrain is so arid and mountainous that less than 2 percent of the land 