Praia Municipality

Praia is a concelho of . It is situated in the southern part of the island of . Its seat is the city , the capital of Cape Verde.
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  • Concelho of Cape Verde with 130,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 106 metres (348 feet)
  • Description: municipality on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde
  • Also known as
    “Praia”
    “Praia, Cape Verde”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nelson Mandela International Airport and Museu Etnográfico da Praia.

Aerodrome
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, also known… is situated 3½ km east of Praia Municipality.

Museum
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is an ethnographic museum… is situated 3½ km south of Praia Municipality.

Stadium
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is a multi-purpose stadium in Praia… is situated 4 km south of Praia Municipality.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Praia and Palmarejo.

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— literally "Beach" in Portuguese — is 's capital and busiest city.

Suburb
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is a subdivision of the city of in the island of , . is situated 4½ km south of Praia Municipality.

Suburb
is a subdivision of the city of in the island of , .

Praia Municipality

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Latitude
14.95° or 14° 57′ north
Longitude
-23.5167° or 23° 31′ west
Open location code
796RXF2M+28
Geo­Names ID
3374332
Wiki­data ID
Q497019

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Vietnamese—“Praia Municipality” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ፕራያ”
  • Arabic: “برايا”
  • Asturian: “Praia (concelho)”
  • Asturian: “Praia (conceyu)”
  • Asturian: “Praia”
  • Azerbaijani: “Praya”
  • Belarusian: “Прая (камуна)”
  • Belarusian: “Прая (муніцыпалітэт)”
  • Belarusian: “Прая”
  • Bengali: “পারাইয়া”
  • Bengali: “প্রায়া”
  • Breton: “Praia”
  • Bulgarian: “Прая”
  • Catalan: “Praia”
  • Cebuano: “Concelho da Praia”
  • Chinese: “普拉亚”
  • Chinese: “普拉亞”
  • Danish: “Praia”
  • Dutch: “Praia”
  • Esperanto: “Prajo”
  • Finnish: “Praia”
  • French: “Praia”
  • German: “Praia”
  • Greek: “Δήμος Πράια”
  • Gujarati: “પ્રાઇઆ”
  • Hausa: “Praia”
  • Hebrew: “פראיה”
  • Hindi: “प्रेया”
  • Indonesian: “Praia, Tanjung Verde”
  • Indonesian: “Praia”
  • Italian: “contea di Praia”
  • Italian: “Contea di Praia”
  • Japanese: “プライア”
  • Japanese: “プライア基礎自治体”
  • Japanese: “プライア市”
  • Japanese: “プライア自治体”
  • Javanese: “Praia”
  • Kannada: “ಪ್ರೈಯ”
  • Kazakh: “Прая”
  • Kirghiz: “Прая”
  • Korean: “프라이아시”
  • Latvian: “Praja”
  • Lithuanian: “Praja”
  • Low German: “Praia”
  • Luxembourgish: “Praia”
  • Malay: “Praia”
  • Marathi: “प्रेया”
  • Minangkabau: “Munisipalitas Praia, Tanjuang Verde”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Praia”
  • Oromo: “Praia”
  • Panjabi: “ਪ੍ਰਾਇਆ”
  • Persian: “پرایا”
  • Persian: “شهرداری پرایا”
  • Polish: “Praia”
  • Portuguese: “Concelho da praia”
  • Portuguese: “Município da Praia”
  • Portuguese: “Praia”
  • Pushto: “پرایا”
  • Romanian: “Municipalitatea Praia, Capul Verde”
  • Russian: “община Прая”
  • Sinhala: “ප්‍රයියා”
  • Somali: “Praia”
  • Spanish: “Praia (municipio)”
  • Spanish: “Praia”
  • Swahili: “Praia”
  • Swedish: “Praia”
  • Tajik: “Прая”
  • Tamil: “ப்ரையா”
  • Tatar: “Praia”
  • Tatar: “Прая җәмгыяте”
  • Telugu: “ప్రాయా”
  • Thai: “เทศบาลไปรยา”
  • Turkish: “Praia”
  • Ukrainian: “Прая”
  • Urdu: “پرائیا، کیپ ورڈی”
  • Urdu: “پرایا”
  • Uzbek: “Praya”
  • Vietnamese: “Praia”

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