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deaths/1,000 live births (1991) _#_Life expectancy at birth: 60 years male, 63 years female (1991) _#_Total fertility rate: 6.6 children born/woman (1991) _#_Nationality: noun--Cape Verdean(s); adjective--Cape Verdean _#_Ethnic divisions: Creole (mulatto) about 71%, African 28%, European 1% _#_Religion: Roman Catholicism fused with indigenous beliefs _#_Language: Portuguese and Crioulo, a blend of Portuguese and West African words _#_Literacy: 66% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1989 est.) _#_Labor force: 102,000 (1985 est.); agriculture (mostly subsistence) 57%, services 29%, industry 14% (1981); 51% of population of working age (1985) _#_Organized labor: Trade Unions of Cape Verde Unity Center (UNTC-CS) _*_Government _#_Long-form name: Republic of Cape Verde _#_Type: republic _#_Capital: Praia _#_Administrative divisions: 14 districts (concelhos, singular--concelho); Boa Vista, Brava, Fogo, Maio, Paul, Praia, Porto Novo, Ribeira Grande, Sal, Santa Catarina, Santa Cruz, Sao Nicolau, Sao Vicente, Tarrafal _#_Independence: 5 July 1975 (from Portugal) _#_Constitution: 7 September 1980; amended 12 February 1981, NA December 1988, and 28 September 1990 (legalized opposition parties) _#_National holiday: Independence Day, 5 July (1975) _#_Executive branch: president, prime minister, deputy minister, secretaries of state, Council of Ministers (cabinet) _#_Legislative branch: unicameral People's National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional Popular) _#_Judicial branch: Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Supremo Tribunal de Justia) _#_Leaders: Chief of State--President Antonio Mascarenhas MONTEIRO (since 22 March 1991); Head of Government--Prime Minister Carlos VEIGA (since 13 January 1991) _#_Political parties and leaders: Movement for Democracy (MPD), Prime Minister Carlos VEIGA, founder and chairman; African Party for Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV), Pedro Verona Rodrigues PIRES, chairman _#_Suffrage: universal at age 18 _#_Elections: President--last held 17 February 1991 (next to be held February 1996); results--Antonio Mascarenhas MONTEIRO (MPD) received 72.6% of vote; People's National Assembly--last held 13 January 1991 (next to be held January 1996); results--percent of vote by party NA; seats--(79 total) MPD 56, PAICV 23; note--this multiparty Assembly election ended 15 years of single-par
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