1980 in Cape Verde

The following lists events that happened during 1980 in Cape Verde.

Incumbents

 * President: Aristides Pereira
 * Prime Minister: Pedro Pires

Events

 * March: Population: 296,050
 * March 27: National Technological Investigation Institute (INIT - Instituto Nacional de Investigação Tecnológica) established, now part of the University of Cape Verde

Sports

 * Botafogo of Fogo won the Cape Verdean Football Championship