Praia, Cape Verde (municipality)

Geobox|Municipality
name = Praia


symbol_type = Coat of arms
symbol = Coat of Arms of Praia.pngcountry = Cape Verde
country_

capital_type = Seat town
capital = Praia
region_type = Island
region = Santiago
area = 258
population = 113664
population_as_of = 2005
population_density = auto
code_type = CGN-CV code
code = 74
iso_code = CV
iso_subcode = PR
free_type = Demonym
free = Praiense "m", ~s "pl"
website = http://www.cmpraia.cv

Praia is a municipality in Cape Verde, located South in Santiago island. It is the municipality where lays the capital from Cape Verde, the city of Praia. More than 90% of its population lives in the city of Praia, being the rest constituted by scarcely populated settlements.

In 2005, two parishes from the older municipality were detached to make up the municipality of Ribeira Grande de Santiago.

Parishes

The municipality includes only one parish:
*Nossa Senhora da Graça

ettlements

*Praia
*São Francisco
*São Jorginho
*São Martinho Grande
*São Martinho Pequeno
*Trindade

Historical population

External links

*http://www.cmpraia.cv
* [http://www.anmcv.org/portugues/ ANMCV (Associação Nacional dos Municípios Cabo-Verdianos - National Association of the Capeverdean Municipalities)]