2009 in Cape Verde

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

 * Sporting Clube da Praia won the Cape Verdean Football Championship

Deaths

 * April 5: Lela Violão (b. 1929)
 * September 9: Tuna Mascarenhas (b. 1944)
 * September 28: Manuel de Novas (b. 1938), writer