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Cape Verdeans in Portugal

Ethnic group

Summary

Ethnic group

Field	Value
group	Cape Verdeans in Portugal
population	260,000
popplace	Lisbon metropolitan area
langs	Portuguese, Cape Verdean Creole
rels	Roman Catholicism
related	Afro-Portuguese

In 1995, it was estimated that there were 50,000 people of Cape Verdean descent or national origin in Portugal. By 2000, this estimation rose to 83,000 people, of which 90% resided in Greater Lisbon. 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."

Notable people

Germano Almeida, writer
Ângela Maria Fonseca Spínola
Cláudio Aguiar
Nélson Semedo
Jorge Andrade
Hernâni Borges
Hugo Cardoso
Nelson Évora
Arlindo Gomes Semedo
José Gonçalves
Sara Tavares
Néné da Luz
Nélson Marcos
Nuno Mendes
Sandro Mendes
Vítor Moreno
Nani
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, singer
Oceano da Cruz
Renato Sanches
Yorgan De Castro, mixed martial artist
Márcio Fernandes
Cristiano Ronaldo

References

[http://www.umassd.edu/SpecialPrograms/CaboVerde/wwpopest.html 1995 Cape Verdean Diaspora Population Estimates] {{webarchive. link. (2009-08-29)
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080229205609/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.]
link. (February 29, 2008)

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