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Praia

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                                         Municipality of Praia
                                                    Município da Praia
                                                       Munisípiu da Praia
                                                  Map
                                      Image:Cape Verde-Praia.png
                                              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
                                  ISO 3166-2 code:                   CV-SC
                                          Website:          www.cmpraia.cv

   Miradouro Diogo Gomes.
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   Miradouro Diogo Gomes.
   Aerial view of Praia
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   Aerial view of Praia

   Praia (Portuguese for "beach", also in Capeverdean Crioulo or Badiu or
   ALUPEC or ALUPEK), 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).

   Praia is Cape Verde's largest city, and a commercial centre 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.

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).

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