2009 in Cape Verde explained

The following lists events that happened during 2009 in Cape Verde.

Incumbents

• President

Pedro Pires

• Prime Minister

José Maria Neves

Events

• June 10: Cidade Velha became a UNESCO World Heritage Site
• December 22: reconstruction of São Pedro Airport (now Cesária Évora Airport) finished, it became an international airport

Arts and entertainment

• May 25: Mayra Andrade's album Stória, stória... released
• October 26: Cesária Évora's album Nha Sentimento released

Sports

See also: 2008–09 in Cape Verdean football and 2009–10 in Cape Verdean football.

• Sporting Clube da Praia won the Cape Verdean Football Championship^[1]

Deaths

• April 5: Lela Violão (b. 1929)^[2]
• September 9: Tuna Mascarenhas (b. 1944)
• September 28: Manuel de Novas (b. 1938), writer^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of champions of Cape Verde. RSSSF. 12 November 2018.
2. Web site: Faleceu Lela Violão. Lela Violão Died. pt. 2017-02-05. http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20100806133117/http://www.ic.cv/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D267%26Itemid%3D93. 2010-08-06. dead.
3. http://noticias.sapo.cv/info/artigo/1020347.html S. Vicente: Compositor Manuel d’ Novas faleceu esta madrugada - Inforpress/Sapo.cv