Cape Verde Defense Forces - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Branches: People’s Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARP); Army, Navy, and Air Force are separate components of FARP

Military manpower: males 15-49,87,000;

50,000 fit for military service

Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31

December 1980, $15 million; about 5% of central government budget

NOTE: The information regarding Cape Verde on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cape Verde 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cape Verde 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.