Praia

For other uses, see Praia (disambiguation)}}}.

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Municipality of Praia
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Statistics
Island:	Santiago
Seat:	Praia
Population:	113,664 (2001) Ranked 1st
Elevation: Lowest: Centre: Highest:	Atlantic Ocean about 5 m (Praia) Pico do Antónia
Location:	14.91667/14°55' N lat. 23.51667/23°31' W long.
Name of inhabitants:	Praiense m, pl
:	`CV-SC`
Website:	[www.cmpraia.cv]

Miradouro Diogo Gomes.

Aerial view of Praia

Praia (Portuguese for "beach"), population 113,664 (2005), is the capital of Cape Verde, an island nation in the Atlantic Ocean west of Senegal. Praia is also the largest city in Cape Verde after Mindelo and municipally Santa Catarina. It lies on Santiago island in the Sotavento archipelago. It is the island's ferry port and is home to one of the nation's two international airports. The city centre is known as Platô due to its location on a small plateau. Praia is located at 14°55' North, 23°31' West (14.91667, -23.51667). [link]

Praia is Cape Verde's largest city, and a commercial center and a port that ships coffee, sugar cane, and tropical fruits. Praia also has a fishing industry. There are resort beaches nearby.

A variant of Capeverdean Crioulo spoken in Praia is known as Crioulo de Santiago or Bádiu.

Contents

1 Historical population
2 Parishes
3 Settlements
4 Sporting teams
5 Communications
6 Sites of interest
7 Other
8 External links

Historical population

Year	Population	Change	Density
1990 (June 23, Census)	61,644	-	-
2000 (June 16, Census)	94,757	-	-
2003 (Estimate)	101,000	-	-
2005 (January 1, Computing)	113,664	-	-

Parishes

Nossa Senhora da Graça
Santíssimo Nome de Jesus
São João Baptista

Settlements

Cidade Velha, located 15 km west of downtown Praia
Porto Gouveia
Porto Mosquito
Praia
Santa Ana

Sporting teams

Arenas

Estádio Varzea - where Sporting, Boavista and Travadores play

Basketball

ABC - Serie A
Sporting - Serie A

Football/soccer'

Académica - Serie A
Boavista - Serie A
Praia Rural - Serie B
Sporting Clube de Praia - Serie A
Tchadense - Serie B
CD Travadores - Serie A

Communications

[Praia FM] - Radio Station
Radio Praia or Radio Clube de Cabo Verde - Cape Verde's first radio station first operated in 1945 by Fernando Quejas
RTC - national/state station of Cape Verde
Capeverdean Television station

Sites of interest

Landmarks includes Albuquerque Square, the old city hall, the Presidential Palace, constructed in the end of the 19th century used to be housed for the Portuguese governor and Museu Etnográfico (Ethnographic Museum) and Monumento de Diogo Gomes, named after the Portuguese navigator who founded the island of Santiago 1460

Other

Praia has schools or collegiates (colegio), lyceums (middle schools), gymnasia (secondary schools), churches, beaches, ports, a university named after Jean Piaget, a post office and squares (praças).

External links

http://www.cmpraia.cv
[Instituto Superior de Educação]
[Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde] (Cape Verde's only university)

[Cape Verde Forum] Visit the Cape Verde Forum to chat about holidays, property, culture, pictures and much more.

[CapeVerdeBreaks.com] An excellent website about Cape Verde including weather, history, forum, travel, culture, festivals, flights and much more.

Map and aerial photos:
*Street map: [Street map from Mapquest], [MapPoint] or [Google]
*Satellite images: [Google] - image not yet available
Coordinates: [14°55′0″N, 23°31′0″W]

Northwest: Santa Catarina	North: Santa Cruz	Northeast: São Domingos
West: Atlantic Ocean	Praia	East: Atlantic Ocean
	South: Atlantic Ocean

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