No, Cabo Verde is not still Portuguese, although Portuguese serves as the country’s official language. The island country of Cabo Verde was previously a Portuguese colonial territory for several centuries. Portuguese navigators reported the islands in the mid-15th century, with the first settlers from Portugal arriving on the largest island, Santiago, in the 1460s. Cabo Verde gained independence from Portugal on July 5, 1975.
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