Praia

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Municipality of Praia
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

Image:Praia aerialview.jpg 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). [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.

A variant of Capeverdean Crioulo spoken in Praia is known as Badiu

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

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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	-	-

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Parishes

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Settlements

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

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Sporting teams

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

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Communications

Praia FM
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

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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

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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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External links

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