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The traveller who leaves Cabo da Praia is quickly encounters the magnificent and majestic Vila da Praia da Vitória, which is located a short distance, no less than a quarter league ... The town was elevated to city on 20 June 1981, although it continued to be referred to as the Vila da Praia da Vitória (until 1983).
The University of Cape Verde was created by decree-law 53/2006 of 20 November 2006 by merging of three colleges: [3] [4]. ISE (Instituto Superior de Educação, High Institute of Education) in Palmarejo, Praia, created under the decree-law 54/95 of October 2, 1995
The International Travel Catering Association, formerly the In Flight Catering Association was a trade association for travel catering. [1] They provided educational services, competitive awards (the Mercury Award) and published a regular magazine, Onboard Hospitality.
Praia da Vitória is highly concentrated in the north-northeast corner of the island, along an axis between Cabo do Porto and Lajes. It is generally considered the industrialized center of the island, and is the location of one of the two main commercial ports, the international airport and many of the associated businesses associated with the ...
São Brás (Portuguese: Saint Blaise) is a landlocked civil parish in the municipality of Praia da Vitória on the Portuguese island of Terceira in the Azores.The population in 2011 was 1,088, [1] in an area of 4.68 km². [2]
Praia is a concelho (municipality) of Cape Verde. It is situated in the southern part of the island of Santiago. Its seat is the city Praia, the capital of Cape Verde. Its area is 120.6 km 2 (46.6 sq mi), and its population was 131,719 at the 2010 census. [2] The municipality consists of one freguesia (civil parish), Nossa Senhora da Graça.
António Joaquim Sousa Júnior (Praia da Vitória, 15 December 1871 — Lisbon, 7 June 1938), better known as Sousa Júnior, was a medic and Republican politician, member of the constituent congress of 1911, in addition to Ministro da Instrução Pública (Minister of Public Instruction); he was the first minister responsible for education ...
City hall of Praia. Praia was founded as a small village near the natural harbour in the early 16th century. Due to its strategic position on a plateau it was easily defended against pirate attacks, which gave it a large advantage over the older city of Ribeira Grande (Cidade Velha).