Praya
Praia is a Portuguese civil parish in the municipality of Santa Cruz da Graciosa, on the island of Graciosa, in the Azores. It still retains its former name Praia locally, owing to the parish having once been the historical municipality of Praia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Graciosa
Graciosa is the second smallest island in Portugal's Azores archipelago. Because of the concentration of agriculture, animal husbandry and dairy industries, the island has maintained a relatively rural and tranquil character.
Praia Islet
Islet
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Praia Islet 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 Graciosa in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vila da Praia.
Praya
- Category: freguesia of Portugal
- Location: São Mateus, Santa Cruz da Graciosa Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“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”
- “São Mateus”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Praia da Graciosa and La Graciosa Ferry Port.
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