Achada Grande Frente is a subdivision of the city of
Praia
Praia (, Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde.[Santiago
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,
Cape Verde
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands ...
. Its population was 4,436 at the 2010 census.
It is situated east of the city centre, between the
Praia Harbour
Praia Harbor (, ) is the port of the city of Praia in the southern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is situated in a natural bay of the Atlantic Ocean. Since the latest modernization in 2014, it has 2 long quays, 3 shorter quays, a qu ...
to the south and the
Nelson Mandela International Airport
Nelson Mandela International Airport , also known as Praia International Airport, is an international airport of Santiago, Cape Verde, Santiago Island in Cape Verde. It was opened in October 2005, replacing the old Francisco Mendes Internationa ...
to the north. The former
Francisco Mendes International Airport
Francisco Mendes International Airport was an airport located on Santiago Island in Cape Verde. It was opened in 1961. It was located about east of central Praia in the southeastern part of the island of Santiago. After Cape Verdean independe ...
was located in Achada Grande Frente.
References
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Subdivisions of Praia