Praia

Capital of Cape Verde

Capital of

Cape Verde

Continent

Africa

Population

141 219

Languages

Portuguese

Currencies

Cape Verdean escudo

Flag

red, yellow, blue and white

Island country

Yes

Landlocked

No

Drives on the left

No

European Union

No

In Geodoku grids

Praia meets these criteria. With Doku+, open each one to see all the capitals that meet it.

• In Africa
• Between the two tropics
• Capital of an island country
• On the sea coast
• Fewer than 1M people
• Portuguese is spoken there
• Capital of a country in the Francophonie