Cape Verdean Guinea-Bissauan
- Cape Verdean Guinea-Bissauan
Infobox Ethnic group
group = Cape Verdean Guinea-Bissauan
caption = Notable Cape Verdean Guinea-Bissauan: Amílcar Cabral
flagicon|Cape Verde flagicon|Guinea-Bissau
poptime = Cape Verdean
2,000
0.1% of the Guinea-Bissauan population
popplace = Bissau
langs = Portuguese, Cape Verdean Kriolu
rels = Christian (Protestant & Roman Catholic)
related =Cape Verdean diasporaCape Verdean Guinea-Bissauan are Guinea-Bissauan residents whose ancestry originated in Cape Verde.
As of 2007, the Instituto das Comunidades (Institute of the Communities) estimated that there were 2,000 people of Cape Verdean descent living in Guinea Bissau.[ [http://www.ic.cv/Word/DiasporaNumeros.doc "Quadros De Paises e Ciadades de Acolhimentos de Caboverdianos." Instituto das Comunidades] (In Portuguese)] The majority of them lived in the capital city of Bissau and could trace their Cape Verdean roots to the island of Santiago. ]Notable Cape Verdean Guinea-Bissauan
The most recognized Cape Verdean Guinea-Bissauan include:
*Amílcar Cabral, led the movement for Cape Verdean independence
*Luís Cabral, first president of Guinea-Bissau
*Honório Barreto, governor of Guinea-Bissau
*Carlos Lopes, assistant to Assistant Secretary-General and Director for Political Affairs in his Executive Office
References
External links
* [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pu.html Central Intelligence Agency. "Guinea-Bissau." The World Factbook. Retrieved October 19, 2007.]
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