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Name: Portuguese Cape Verde (Province)

Type: Polity

Start: 1952 AD

End: 1975 AD

Nation: cape verde

Parent: portugal

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This article is about the specific polity Portuguese Cape Verde (Province) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

If you are looking for the page with the statistics about this polity you can find it here:All Statistics

The colony of Cape Verde became an Overseas Province before gaining full independence from Portugal in 1975.

Establishment

  • January 1952: In 1951, Portugal changed Cape Verde's status from a colony to an overseas province in an attempt to blunt growing nationalism.

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    1. Events

  • July 1975: On 30 June 1975 Cape Verdeans elected a National Assembly which received the instruments of independence from Portugal on 5 July 1975.

    • Disestablishment

  • July 1975: On 30 June 1975 Cape Verdeans elected a National Assembly which received the instruments of independence from Portugal on 5 July 1975.

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