PRAIA

'Municipality of Praia' '''Município da Praia'''
Map
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Statistics
Island:	Santiago
Seat:	'Praia'
Population:	113,664 ''(2005)'' 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

'Praia' (Portuguese for "beach", also in Cape Verdean Creole) population 113,664 (2005), is the capital of Cape Verde, an island nation in the Atlantic Ocean west of Senegal. 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). [1]
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.

Contents

Historical population

Parishes

Settlements

Sporting teams

Communications

Main sights

Other

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 da 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 da 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

Main sights

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

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