Prainha, Praia
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 Prainha, Praia
Location within Cape Verde
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| Location | Southern Santiago, Cape Verde |
| Coordinates | 14°54′20″N 23°30′43″W / 14.9055°N 23.512°W |
| Access | road |
| Beach length | 100 meters |
Prainha (sometimes as Prainha-Temerosa) is a tiny beach and a subdivision in the south of Praia in the island of Santiago, Cape Verde and is the southernmost neighborhood.
The area is narrow ranging from 50 to 250 meters wide, the widest is up to Ponta Temerosa measuring 850 meters, its length is about a kilometer. The highest point is about 30 meters, the lowest point is the Atlantic and the Bay of Porto Praia.
The neighborhood is named after a tiny beach which is 100 meters length and 10 meters wide. Surrounded by small rocky cliffs and recently hotels and villas.
Bordering neighborhoods includes Gamboa or Chã das Areias to the north, Ilhéu de Santa Maria to the east, Quebra Canela to the southwest and Achada de Santo António to the west.
Many foreign embassies for the Capeverdean capital are located in Prainha. The embassies include the Brazilian, Luxembourgish, French, Portuguese, German, Russian, Senegalese, Cyrenaican (Libyan), Cuban and Chinese. Hotels and villas are located within Prainha and the small headland of Ponta Temerosa. Two hotel/villa chains are in the island including the Pestana Trópico (or the Trópico Hotel) and the Praiamar, or the Oasis Atlântico Praiamar.
The most notable landmark is Dona Maria Pia Lighthouse, commonly known today is the Ponta Temerosa lighthouse. It is located at Ponta Temerosa, divided into two parts, the western part makes up of the island's southernmost point. Also in that area is the Seminary of São José, another notable landmark, notable students were Arlindo Gomes Furtado who is now bishop that covers Sotavento and cardinal, he was also rector from 1978 to 1986 and Manuel Veiga (between 1962 and 1967) and Aristides Lima who later became president of the National Assembly from 2001 to 2011.
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