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2 unusual facts about Praia


Timeline of the 1994 Atlantic hurricane season

AST (1200 UTC) – Tropical Depression Nine forms 200 mi (320 km) southeast of Praia, Cape Verde.

Timeline of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season

AST (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Four forms 225 nautical miles (260 miles, 415 km) south-southeast of Praia, Cape Verde.


Achada, Santiago, Cape Verde

The village is linked with the road linking Praia and Tarrafal which is approximately 40 km away from the capital.

Balada da Praia dos Cães

Ballad of Dog's Beach (in original Portuguese Balada da Praia dos Cães) is a fiction novel by the Portuguese author José Cardoso Pires, relating the investigation into the murder of a political dissident, taking place around 1961.

Baron of Vila da Praia

The Baron of Vila da Praia was a title created by King John VI of Portugal under the decree of September 29, 1823 in favour of the tenant-general Francisco de Borja Garção Stockler (1759-1829) in which he was a governor and captain general of the Azores,

Economy of Cape Verde

Cape Verde has cold storage and freezing facilities as well as fish processing plants in Mindelo, Praia, and on Sal.

Edvaldo Soares

He attended middle school in Maio, from 1997 to 2002 and high school in the City of Praia, from 2002 to 2004, at Palmarejo High School.

Energy policy of Brazil

It is located at the Central Nuclear Almirante Álvaro Alberto (CNAAA) on the Praia de Itaorna in Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro.

Espírito Santo Financial Group

In addition to the Banco Espirito Santo in Portugal, Azores and Madeira, BES has branches in Luanda, as well as branches or offices in São Paulo, Praia, Madrid, London, Frankfurt, Paris, Warsaw, Lausanne, Macau, Panama City, Dubai, Miami, New York, Caracas and the Cayman Islands.

Francisco Mendes

In addition to his face being featured in 500 Pesos Guineense, many schools and streets bearing his name can be seen throughout Guinea-Bissau, and Francisco Mendes International Airport in Praia, Cape Verde was named in his honour.

Health in Cape Verde

There are hospitals in Praia, Mindelo and São Filipe on the island of Fogo, with smaller medical facilities in other places.

Ílhavo Municipality

Within the municipality, there are two villages that are popular in the summertime: Praia ("beach") da Barra, where the tallest lighthouses in Portugal (Farol de Aveiro ou da Barra) is situated and Praia da Costa Nova (Costa Nova do Prado), with its typical houses called Palheiros (they are characterized for fronts in wood or concrete, listed with lively and cheerful colors alternated with the white color) and fish market.

José Luís Vidigal

Born in Sá da Bandeira, Portuguese Angola, Vidigal moved to Portugal at an early age, and started his footballing career with amateurs O Elvas CAD, moving in 1994 to the second division with G.D. Estoril-Praia.

Miguel Pisco

When Pisco left Estoril-Praia, the team included footballers such as Portuguese internationals Hélder Cristóvão and Paulinho, Bulgarian international Stoycho Mladenov, Moroccan international Aziz Bouderbala and Bolivian international Erwin Sanchez.

Miguel Praia

The pre-season tests at Almería (Circuito de Almería) (in January) brought new and good expectations for the team, with Craig Jones (Praia's teammate) setting new lap record for this track and Miguel Praia going only less-than-a-second behind.

Praia da Varzinha

Praia da Varzinha is a sandy beach located on the north shore of a lake called Lagoa dos Patos in the municipality of Viamão, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Praia da Vitória

The area of Praia, was one of the first points of colonization on the island of Terceira; the islands first Captain-Donatorio, Jácome de Bruges, along with his first lieutenant, Diogo de Teive, established their residency in Praia.

Praia de Valadares

António Oliveira - Former football coach of Portugal, he lived in Praia de Valadares for quite some time.

Praia do Norte

On December 9, 2005 while attempting to navigate to calm waters in the Bay of Praia do Fajã, the container vessel CP Valour, a Bermudan-registered ship, originally traveling between Montreal, Canada and Valencia, Spain, ran a ground 300 m from the coast.

Principal, Cape Verde

Principal (Portuguese, meaning principal; Capeverdean Crioulo: Prinsipal), is a village located in the north central part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, it is located north-northwest of the island capital of Praia and southeast of Tarrafal.

Várzea

Estádio da Várzea, a stadium in the city of Praia on the island of Santiago

Zaranha Beach

Zaranha Beach (also in the Capeverdean Crioulo forms of ALUPEC or ALUPEK, the Santo Antão and the São Vicente Crioulos: Praia de Santa Mónica) is a point beach covering the northern coastline of the island of Santo Antão in Cape Verde.


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