Correios de Cabo Verde () is the company responsible for
postal service
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in
Cape Verde
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, national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole
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. The headquarters of the company are in the
city centre
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of
Praia
Praia (, Portuguese language, Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde. , at Rua Cesário Lacerda, nº 2.
History
During Portuguese rule in Cape Verde which lasted until 1975, all postal services were done by
Correios de Portugal (Portuguese Post). Its first post office was opened in Praia in 1849. Under law no. 9-A/95 made on 16 February 1995, the public company of posts and telecommunications (Empresa Pública dos Correios e Telecomunicaçöes, (CTT-EP) was split into two: Correios de Cabo Verde (postal service) and
Cabo Verde Telecom Cabo is Spanish, Portuguese and Galician for cape. It may refer to:
* Cabo San Lucas, a resort city in Baja California Sur, Mexico
* Cabó, a municipality in Alt Urgell, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Other places
* Cabo Blanco, Costa Rica
* Cabo Co ...
(telecommunications). Both became
anonymous societies with limited responsibility.
Street names and numbers
More than 90% of Cape Verdean roads do not have names. As such, most people use community post boxes. To enable delivery at home, the
Open Location Code
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system invented by
Google
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has officially been adopted by the Cape Verdean post, including a system on their website to officially link their home location with personal data at the post office.
See also
*
List of postal codes in Cape Verde
References
External links
correios.cv Official website
Communications in Cape Verde
Companies of Cape Verde
Cape Verde
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1996 establishments in Cape Verde
Companies based in Praia
Plateau of Praia
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