2006 in Cape Verde
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The following lists events that happened during 2006 in Cape Verde.
Incumbents
Events
- Cape Verdean Atmospherical Observatory: Humberto Duarte Fonseca, named after Humberto Duarte Fonseca opened, it was a bilateral initiative by Germany and the United Kingdom and is located in the area of Ribeira do Calhau.[1]
- The World Monument Fund named Tarrafal Camp one of its 100 watched monuments.[2]
- January 3: Escola de Formação Profisional Variante, a law school opened in São Domingos on the island of Santiago[3]
- January 22 - Cape Verdean parliamentary election, 2006
- February 12 - Cape Verdean presidential election, 2006
- March 29 - A total solar eclipse took place after 8:00, it showed at about 50% obscuration of the sun in the archipelago[4]
- May 24 - The island dam named Poilão west of Pedra Badejo (Santiago Island) completed, the first dam or reservoir in Cape Verde[5]
- May and June: NATO maneuvers occurred on the island, 7,800 troops took part in Operation Jaguar[6]
- June: Paul became twinned with Gavião, Portugal
- July 1: SAA operated its final flight to Sal due to the ending of its flights to Atlanta, Georgia in the US
- August 22: Tropical Storm Debby passed through Cape Verde, the eye of the storm was 225 km southwest of Brava,[7] wind seeds on Fogo was 55 km/h and had some rainfall.[8]
- September 22 - An annular solar eclipse took place at 9:30, it showed at around 50% obscuration of the sun in the archipelago
- November 13: Sociedade Cabo-verdiana de Cerveja e Refrigerantes, a national beverage company replaced CERIS[9]
Estádio da Várzea after renovations in 2007 - November 21: University of Cape Verde established[10]
Arts and entertainment
- Batuque, the Soul of a People film completed, it was later aired on Portuguese TV
- Germano Almeida's book Eva: romance was released
- Mayra Andrade's album Navega released
- Carlos Filipe Gonçalves' historical book Kap Verd Band published
- Belinda Lima's album Realidade D'Amor - Music of Cabo Verde released
- Lura's album M'bem di fora released
- Mika Mendes's album Paulo Tavares & Mika Mendes - New Style released
- The 12th Mindelo Theatrical Festival took place[11]
- Santo Antão - Paisagem & Melodia film released
- Arménio Vieira's book MITOgrafias was released
- March 6 - Cesária Évora's 12th album Rogamar was released
- April/May: the 14th Praia da Gamboa music festival took place
- August: The 22nd Baía das Gatas Music Festival took place
Sports
- the 2006 Santiago Island League (North) had no competition
- Avenida 77 and Jentabus football (soccer) clubs established, based in Praia on the island of Santiago
- Clube Desportivo Ribeira Grande de Santiago football (soccer) club competed in the Regional South Zone competition for the first time
- Estádio da Várzea finished, refurbished and completed
- Paiol and Praia Rural merged into Unidos do Norte
- Sporting Clube da Boa Vista celebrated its 50th anniversary of foundation of the club
- Sporting Clube do Porto Novo celebrated its 50th anniversary of foundation of the club
- February 14 - Académica do Porto Novo celebrated its 25th anniversary
- May 1: Vitória da Praia celebrated its 75th anniversary
- May 5 - Batuque FC celebrated its 25th anniversary
- May 6 - 2006 Cape Verdean Football Championships began[12]
- June 10 - the Knockout stage of the 2003 Football Championships began
- July 2 - Sporting Clube da Praia claimed their 5th title
- September 25 - CS Marítimo do Porto Novo celebrated its 25th anniversary
Deaths
- Sérgio Ferreira (b. 1946), writer
References
- ↑ http://www.asemana.publ.cv/spip.php?article63831 (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Monument Watch List Archived 2009-01-05 at the Wayback Machine. World Monument Fund
- ↑ "Escola da Variante entra em funcionamento". A Semana (in Portuguese). 3 January 2006. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ↑ "Solar eclipse of March 29, 2006". NASA. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ↑ "Barragem de Poilão é entregue hoje ao Governo". A Semana (in Portuguese). 24 May 2006. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ↑ "Landung auf den Kapverden" [Landing in Cape Verde]. BZ Online (Berliner Zeitung) (in German). 26 June 2006.
- ↑ James L. Franklin (2006-11-02). "Tropical Storm Debby Tropical Cyclone Report" (PDF). National Hurricane Center. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- ↑ Associated Press (2006-08-22). "Tropical Depression Reaches Cape Verde Islands". Fox News. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- ↑ "Nova era para a (antiga) Ceris" [New Era for the (Old) CERIS]. A Semana (in Portuguese). 14 November 2006. Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ↑ Decree-Law no. 29/2008 (PDF). 36. Republic of Cape Verde. 9 October 2008.
- ↑ 12th Mindelo Theatrical Festival at Mindelact
- ↑ 2006 Cape Verdean Football Championships at RSSSF
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