Coordinates: 16°38′31″N 24°23′10″W / 16.642°N 24.386°W / 16.642; -24.386

Praia Branca

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Praia Branca
Settlement
Coordinates: 16°38′31″N 24°23′10″W / 16.642°N 24.386°W / 16.642; -24.386
CountryCape Verde
IslandSão Nicolau
MunicipalityTarrafal de São Nicolau
Civil parishSão Francisco de Assis
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total
521
ID32106

Praia Branca is a town[2] in the northwestern part of the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde. It is part of the municipality of Tarrafal de São Nicolau. Its population at the 2010 census was 521. It is situated 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the coast, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northwest of Ribeira Brava.

Notable person

Singer Armando Zeferino Soares was native to Praia Branca.

See also

References

  1. "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 24 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33