!!!Cabo Verde: Geography ||Location|Western Africa, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Senegal ||Geographic Coordinates|16 00 N, 24 00 W[{GoogleMap location='16.0,-24.0' zoom='4'}] ||Area |''total: ''4,033 sq km\\''land: ''4,033 sq km\\''water: ''0 sq km\\[[__''Verified in 8 databases''__] ||Land boundaries|0 km ||Coastline|965 km ||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Atlantic Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''Mt. Fogo 2,829 m (a volcano on Fogo Island) ||Highest Mountains|__As there is no entry in [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com] we are listing mountain list of [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org] only:__\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Pico da Cruz 1585 m; Pico da Antonia 1394 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Mountains|Geography/Africa/Cabo_Verde/Geography/Important_Mountains] ||Terrain|steep, rugged, rocky, volcanic ||Natural Hazards|prolonged droughts; seasonal harmattan wind produces obscuring dust; volcanically and seismically active volcanism: Fogo (elev. 2,829 m), which last erupted in 1995, is Cabo Verde's only active volcano ||Natural Resource|salt, basalt rock, limestone, kaolin, fish, clay, gypsum ||Land Use|''arable land: ''11.66%\\''permanent crops: ''0.74%\\''other: ''87.59% (2011) ||Climate|temperate; warm, dry summer; precipitation meager and erratic ||Irrigated Land|34.76 sq km (2004) ||Renewable Water Resources|0.3 cu km (2011) ||Environment_CurrentIssues|soil erosion; deforestation due to demand for wood used as fuel; water shortages; desertification; environmental damage has threatened several species of birds and reptiles; illegal beach sand extraction; overfishing ||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands\\''signed, but not ratified: ''none of the selected agreements ||Large Cities|__Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Praia; Mindelo; Santa Maria; Predra Badejo; Sao Filipe\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Praia; Mindelo; Santa Maria; Cova Figueira; Santa Cruz\\\\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Cities|Geography/Africa/Cabo_Verde/Geography/Important_Cities] ||Geography-note|strategic location 500 km from west coast of Africa near major north-south sea routes; important communications station; important sea and air refueling site