Cape Verdean-Portuguese

Cape Verdean-Portuguese

Cape Verdean-Portuguese are Portuguese residents whose ancestry originated in Cape Verde. In 1995, it was estimated that there were 50,000 people of Cape Verdean descent in Portugal. [ [http://www.umassd.edu/SpecialPrograms/CaboVerde/wwpopest.html 1995 Cape Verdean Diaspora Population Estimates] ] By 2000, this estimation rose to 83,000 people, of which 90% resided in Greater Lisbon." [ [http://www.iss.co.za/index.php?link_id=21&slink_id=1774&link_type=12&slink_type=12&tmpl_id=3 Marc-Montclos, Antoine Pérouse de. " The Political Value of Remittances: Cape Verde, Comores, and Lesotho - Diasporas, Remittances and Africa South of the Sahara - A Strategic Assessment." Institute for Security Studies. Retrieved October 18, 2007.] ] In 2008, Portugal’s National Statistics Institute estimated that there were 68,145 Cape Verdeans who legally resided in Portugal. This made up "15.7% of all foreign nationals living legally in the country." [ [http://www.asemana.cv/article.php3?id_article=28328 A Semana. "Cape Verdeans make up 15.7% of all foreigners in Portugal." Retrieved January 20, 2008.] ]

ome notable Cape Verdean-Portuguese include

*Ângela Maria Fonseca Spínola
*Cláudio Aguiar
*Jorge Andrade
*Hernâni Borges
*Arlindo Gomes Semedo
*José Gonçalves
*Sara Tavares
*Néné da Luz
*Nélson Marcos
*Sandro Mendes
*Miguel Monteiro
*Vítor Moreno
*Nani (footballer)
*Nilton Fernandes
*Pedro Pelé
*Rolando
*Manuel Estêvão Sanches
*Ernesto da Conceição Soares
*Marco Soares
*Edson Rolando Silva Sousa
*José Veiga
*Nélson Veiga
*João Gomes, basketball player
*Lura

References

External links

* [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/po.html Central Intelligence Agency. "Portugal." The World Factbook. Retrieved October 18, 2007.]


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