2009 in Cape Verde
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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
Deaths
- April 5: Lela Violão (b. 1929)[2]
- September 9: Tuna Mascarenhas (b. 1944)
- September 28: Manuel de Novas (b. 1938), writer[3]
References
- ^ "List of champions of Cape Verde". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "Faleceu Lela Violão" [Lela Violão Died] (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2010-08-06. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
- ^ S. Vicente: Compositor Manuel d’ Novas faleceu esta madrugada - Inforpress/Sapo.cv Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
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