Correios de Cabo Verde
{{Short description|National postal service company of Cape Verde}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Correios de Cabo Verde
| logo = Logo - Correios de Cabo Verde.png
| image = Praia-Correos.jpg
| image_size =
| image_caption = Headquarters of Correios de Cabo Verde
(Post of Cape Verde or Cape Verde Post)
| type = SARL
| foundation = 1 January 1995
| location = Rua Cesário de Lacerda 2, 7600 Praia, Cape Verde
| owner =
| head =
| key_people =
| num_employees =
| industry = Logistics
| homepage = {{url |http://www.correios.cv/}}
}}
Correios de Cabo Verde ({{IPA|pt|kuˈʁɐjuʒ ðɨ ˈkabu ˈveɾdɨ}}, {{lit|Post of Cape Verde}}, abbr. CCV) is the company responsible for postal service in Cape Verde. The headquarters of the company are in the city centre of Praia, at Rua Cesário Lacerda, nº 2.[http://www.correios.cv/conteudo.aspx?id=1604 Contactos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218092531/http://www.correios.cv/conteudo.aspx?id=1604 |date=2019-12-18 }}, Correios de Cabo Verde
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.correios.cv/conteudo.aspx?id=1588&cid=1606 |title=Correios De Cabo Verde |publisher=Correios.cv |date= |accessdate=2017-11-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406115250/http://www.correios.cv/conteudo.aspx?id=1588&cid=1606 |archive-date=2015-04-06 |url-status=dead }} 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 (telecommunications). Both became anonymous societies with limited responsibility.[http://www.correios.cv/conteudo.aspx?id=1588&cid=1606 Quem somos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406115250/http://www.correios.cv/conteudo.aspx?id=1588&cid=1606 |date=2015-04-06 }}, Correios de Cabo Verde
Street names and numbers
More than 90% of Cape Verdean roads do not have names.{{cite web |last1=Rinckes |first1=Doug |title=Delivering mail where streets have no name |url=https://africa.googleblog.com/2016/12/delivering-mail-where-streets-have-no.html |website=Official Google Africa Blog |publisher=Google}} As such, most people use community post boxes. To enable delivery at home, the Open Location Code system invented by Google 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.{{cite web |title=Morada Certa |url=http://www.correios.cv/conteudo.aspx?id=1786&cid=1803 |website=www.correios.cv |publisher=Correios Cabo Verde |language=Portuguese}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.correios.cv/ correios.cv Official website]
[https://almostserio.us/ Cabo Verde more]
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Category:Communications in Cape Verde
Category:Companies of Cape Verde
Category:1996 establishments in Cape Verde
Category:Companies based in Praia
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