title: 1971 in Cape Verde
text: # 1971 in Cape Verde
  
  The following lists events that happened during 1971 in Cape Verde.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Colonial governor: Leão Maria Tavares Rosado do Sacramento Monteiro
  
  ## Events
  
  * Municipality of Santa Cruz on the island of Santiago established
  
  ## Sports
  
  * CS Mindelense won the Cape Verdean Football Championship
  