Praia Municipality
Praia is a concelho of Cape Verde. It is situated in the southern part of the island of Santiago. Its seat is the city Praia, the capital of Cape Verde.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: concelho of Cape Verde with 130,000 residents
- Description: municipality on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde
- Also known as: “Praia” and “Praia, Cape Verde”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nelson Mandela International Airport and Museu Etnográfico da Praia.
Nelson Mandela International Airport
Aerodrome
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Nelson Mandela International Airport, also known as Praia International Airport, is an international airport of Santiago Island in Cape Verde. It was opened in October 2005, replacing the old Francisco Mendes International Airport. Nelson Mandela International Airport is situated 3½ km east of Praia Municipality.
Museu Etnográfico da Praia
Museum
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Museu Etnográfico da Praia is an ethnographic museum in the Cape Verdean capital of Praia on the island of Santiago. It is located at 45 Rua 5 de Julho, in the historic part of the city, the Plateau. Museu Etnográfico da Praia is situated 3½ km south of Praia Municipality.
Estádio da Várzea
Stadium
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Estádio da Várzea is a multi-purpose stadium in Praia, Cape Verde, just west of the city center's plateau in the subdivision of Várzea and on Avenida Cidade de Lisboa on its east side. Estádio da Várzea is situated 4 km south of Praia Municipality.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Praia and Achadinha.
Praia
Praia — literally "Beach" in Portuguese — is Cape Verde's capital and busiest city. While it's maybe not comparable to a western metropolis, with a population of only about 159,050, one in four Cape Verdeans call the city home and the city is an important thoroughfare for international visitors to the archipelagic country.
Achadinha
Suburb
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Achadinha is a subdivision of the city of Praia in the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. Its population was 8,483 at the 2010 census. It is situated north of the city centre.
Plateau
Suburb
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Plateau is the historic centre of the capital city of Praia on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It gets its name because it is situated on a plateau overlooking the port of Praia. Plateau is situated 3½ km south of Praia Municipality.
Praia Municipality
- Location: Cape Verde, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Praia Municipality” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “برايا”
- Asturian: “Praia (concelho)”
- Asturian: “Praia (conceyu)”
- Asturian: “Praia”
- Belarusian: “Прая (камуна)”
- Belarusian: “Прая (муніцыпалітэт)”
- Belarusian: “Прая”
- Bengali: “পারাইয়া”
- Breton: “Praia”
- Bulgarian: “Прая”
- Catalan: “Praia”
- Cebuano: “Concelho da Praia”
- Chinese: “普拉亚县”
- Chinese: “普拉亞縣”
- Danish: “Praia”
- Dutch: “Praia”
- Esperanto: “Prajo”
- Finnish: “Praia”
- French: “Praia”
- German: “Praia”
- Greek: “Δήμος Πράια”
- Gujarati: “પ્રાઇઆ”
- Hebrew: “פראיה”
- Hindi: “प्रेया”
- Indonesian: “Praia, Tanjung Verde”
- Indonesian: “Praia”
- Italian: “contea di Praia”
- Italian: “Contea di Praia”
- Japanese: “プライア基礎自治体”
- Japanese: “プライア市”
- Japanese: “プライア自治体”
- Kannada: “ಪ್ರೈಯ”
- Korean: “프라이아시”
- Latvian: “Praja”
- Lithuanian: “Praja”
- Low German: “Praia”
- Luxembourgish: “Praia”
- Malay: “Praia”
- Marathi: “प्रेया”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Praia”
- Persian: “شهرداری پرایا”
- Polish: “Praia”
- Portuguese: “Concelho da praia”
- Portuguese: “Município da Praia”
- Portuguese: “Praia”
- Romanian: “Municipalitatea Praia, Capul Verde”
- Russian: “община Прая”
- Sinhala: “ප්රයියා”
- Spanish: “Praia (municipio)”
- Spanish: “Praia”
- Swedish: “Praia”
- Tamil: “ப்ரையா”
- Tatar: “Прая җәмгыяте”
- Telugu: “ప్రాయా”
- Thai: “ไปรอา”
- Turkish: “Praia”
- Ukrainian: “Прая”
- Urdu: “پرائیا، کیپ ورڈی”
- Urdu: “پرایا”
- Vietnamese: “Praia”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Achada São Filipe and São Filipe de Baixo.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ilhéu São Filipe and Monte Grande.
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