Cape Verde is 41 times larger than Escondido, California.
Area: 4,033 km2 World Factbook
Population: 538,535 (July 2014) World Factbook
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country spanning an archipelago of 10 volcanic islands in the central Atlantic Ocean. Located 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa, the islands cover a combined area of slightly over 4,000 square kilometres. Wikipedia
Area: 98 km2 calculated
Escondido is a city in California's North County region, occupying a shallow valley ringed by rocky hills, just north of the city of San Diego and 30 miles from Downtown San Diego. Founded in 1888, it is one of the oldest cities in San Diego County. Wikipedia