Praia

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Praia is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde, located on the southern coast of Santiago Island in the central Atlantic Ocean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city
city
callingCode +238
capitalOf Cape Verde
climate hot semi-arid climate
commonLanguage Cape Verdean Creole
continent Africa
coordinates 14.9167°N 23.5167°W
country Cape Verde
countryCapitalType national capital
currency Cape Verdean escudo
demographics majority of population of Santiago Island lives in or around Praia
drivesOnSide right
formerColonialPower Portugal
hasAirport Nelson Mandela International Airport
hasHarborFunction commercial port
fishing port
hasIsland Santiago Island
hasPort Port of Praia
hasSubdivisionType municipality
hasUrbanStatusSince colonial era
isLargestCityOf Cape Verde
isMunicipalSeatOf Praia Municipality
isOnSouthernCoastOf Santiago Island
isPartOf Republic of Cabo Verde
isSeatOf Government of Cape Verde
National Assembly of Cape Verde
Presidency of Cape Verde
koppenClimateClassification BSh
languageFamilyOfMajorCreole Portuguese-based creole
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Santiago Island
Sotavento Islands
locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
officialLanguage Portuguese
population approximately 150000
primaryEconomicActivities administration
commerce
services
region Macaronesia
religionMajority Christianity
Roman Catholicism
role cultural center of Cape Verde
economic center of Cape Verde
political center of Cape Verde
timeZone Cape Verde Time
usesWritingSystem Latin script
utcOffset −01:00

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