Africa · DX entity · DXCC 409

Cape Verde

Cape Verde is a DX entity in Africa, in CQ zone 35 and ITU zone 46. Its primary prefix is D4.

Flag of Cape Verde.

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Figure 1. Cape Verde and its first-level subdivisions. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.002857 degrees, about 318 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 16° N 24° W.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	409
Name in the ADIF standard	CAPE VERDE
Continent	Africa
Primary prefix	D4
CQ zone	35
ITU zone	46

Prefixes

D4 is the primary prefix. The country files list 1 prefix for Cape Verde.

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Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.