Praya

Praia is a civil parish in the municipality of , on the island of , in the . It still retains its former name Praia locally, owing to the parish having once been the historical municipality of Praia.
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  • Type: Locality with 836 residents
  • Description: civil parish in Santa Cruz da Graciosa
  • Also known as: “Praia”, “São Mateus”, and “Villa da Praia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Graciosa and Praia Islet.

Photo: Julen Iturbe-Ormaetxe from Bilbao, Spain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the second smallest island in 's archipelago. Because of the concentration of agriculture, animal husbandry and dairy industries, the island has maintained a relatively rural and tranquil character.

Islet
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
is a highly vegetated uninhabited islet located approximately 1.5 kilometres away from the town of Praia off the eastern coast of the island of in the archipelago of the .

Cave
Photo: Unukorno, CC BY 4.0.
is a cave, which is situated 3 km south of Praya.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vila da Praia.

Town
Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town.

Praya

Latitude
39.05154° or 39° 3′ 6″ north
Longitude
-27.97107° or 27° 58′ 16″ west
Population
836
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PT PRG
Open location code
89FJ322H+JH
Geo­Names ID
3372761
Wiki­data ID
Q2454596
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Praya” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “São Mateus”
  • Cebuano: “São Mateus”
  • Chechen: “Прая (Санта-Круш-да-Грасиоза)”
  • Chechen: “Прая”
  • Chinese: “Praia”
  • Dutch: “Praia”
  • French: “Praia”
  • German: “Praia”
  • Irish: “São Mateus”
  • Japanese: “サン・マテウス”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Praia”
  • Portuguese: “Freguesia de São Mateus”
  • Portuguese: “Praia (Santa Cruz da Graciosa)”
  • Portuguese: “Praia da Graciosa”
  • Portuguese: “Praia”
  • Portuguese: “Santa Cruz da Graciosa”
  • Portuguese: “São Mateus da Praia”
  • Portuguese: “Sao Mateus”
  • Portuguese: “São Mateus”
  • Portuguese: “Vila da Praia”
  • Russian: “Прайа”
  • Russian: “Прая”
  • Spanish: “Praia”
  • Tatar: “Прая (Санта-Круш-да-Грасиоза)”
  • Tatar: “Прая”
  • Turkish: “Praia”
  • Turkish: “Sao Mateus”
  • Turkish: “São Mateus”
  • Urdu: “پرایا (سانٹا کروز ڈا گریسیوسا)”
  • Urdu: “پرایا”
  • “São Mateus”

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