title: 1940 in Cape Verde
text: # 1940 in Cape Verde
  
  The following lists events that happened during 1940 in Cape Verde.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Colonial governor: Amadeu Gomes de Figueiredo
  
  ## Events
  
  * Population: 181,441
  * The Mission sui juris of Portuguese Guinea was separated from the Catholic diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde
  