Features of the Flag
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The National Flag is made up of five rectangles laid out horizontally and one over the other.
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The upper and lower rectangles bear the blue color, having the upper rectangle an area equivalent to half of that of the flag and the lower rectangle one area equivalent to one fourth of that of the flag.
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Separating the two blue rectangles there are three lanes, each one with an area equivalent to one twelfth of that of the flag.
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The lane adjacent to the blue rectangles bear the white color and the lane that lies between them bear the red color
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Over the five rectangles there are ten yellow stars of five tips, whose upper vertex is laid out on a ninety degree position, which define a circle whose center is located in the intersection of the median line of the second vertical fourth from the left, with the median line of the second horizontal fourth from the lower margin. A star nearer to the lower margin is inscribed in an invisible circumference, whose center is located over the median line of the lower blue lane.
- The rectangle of the flag
is seen as a large blue field symbolizing the infinite space of
the sea and sky.
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The circle of the stars symbolizes
the Cape Verdean Nation and its unity
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The circle in a certain sense,
is the world to which we are opened and that is opened to us;
is the line of horizon which limits our freedom, that is the
world map, but is also the mariner's compass and the helm of
the navigators.
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The strips are the road to
the construction of the country.
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The blue is the sea and the
sky.
- The white is the peace we
want.
- The red is our effort.
- The ten yellow stars represent
the 10 islands.
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