Ordem do Vulcão

Ordem do Vulcão (Portuguese for the Order of Vulcan or Order of the Volcano), also named as the Medal of the 1st Class of Ordem do Vulcão is a national award that is done each year by the President of Cape Verde, it is awarded to the greatest personalities of Cape Verde and non-Cape Verdeans, which contributes to an aggrandizement of the nation. It is the main decoration of the country created after the independence of the nation.

Ranks
It has the following ranks:
 * Medalha do Vulcão - 1st Class (Cabo Verde).png Medal of the 1st Rank
 * Medalha do Vulcão - 2nd Class (Cabo Verde).png Medal of the 2nd Rank
 * Medalha do Vulcão - 3rd Class (Cabo Verde).png Medal of the 3rd Rank

Recipients

 * Eugénio Tavares, 1995
 * João Lopes Filho, 2004
 * Amélia da Lomba, 2005 - the first non-Cape Verdean to be awarded
 * Cesária Évora, 2006
 * Mário Lúcio Sousa, 2006
 * Edite Borges, 2011
 * Gil Semedo, 2011