1953 in Cape Verde

Decades:	1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s;
See also:	Other events of 1953; Timeline of Cabo Verdean history

The following lists events that happened during 1953 in Cape Verde.

Incumbents

Colonial governor:
- Carlos Alberto Garcia Alves Roçadas
- Manuel Marques de Abrantes Amaral

A bronze 1 escudo, nickel-bronze 2½ escudos and silver 10 escudos were introduced by the Banco Nacional Ultramarino to the Cape Verdean escudo, also 10 escudo notes were replaced by coins with the 5 escudo note also withdrawn.

The first official Cape Verdean Colonial Championships (or Provincial) and would continue for 21 years
The first Santiago Regional Championships began
Académica do Mindelo won the first provincial title for Cape Verde^[1]
July 18: Vulcânicos, the island's first football (soccer) club established

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Years in Cape Verde (1938–present)
Colonial era	1936 1938 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Since 1975	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018