Praia Branca

Praia Branca
Coordinates: 16°38′31″N 24°23′10″W / 16.642°N 24.386°W / 16.642; -24.386Coordinates: 16°38′31″N 24°23′10″W / 16.642°N 24.386°W / 16.642; -24.386
Country Cape Verde
Island São Nicolau
Municipality Tarrafal de São Nicolau
Civil parish São Francisco de Assis
Population (2010)[1]
 • Total 521

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 km from the coast, 10 km 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.
  2. ↑ Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33
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