Praia Baixo

Praia Baixo
Coordinates: 15°03′34″N 23°28′20″W / 15.0595°N 23.4721°WCoordinates: 15°03′34″N 23°28′20″W / 15.0595°N 23.4721°W
Country	Cape Verde
Island	Santiago
Municipality	São Domingos
Civil parish	Nossa Senhora da Luz
Population (2010)[1]
• Total	952

Praia Baixo is a ffishing village in the southeastern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is situated 2 km nort of Cidade Velha and 12 km northwest of the capital Praia. It is part of the municipality of São Domingos and the parish of Nossa Senhora da Luz. Its 2010 population was 1,113.

The settlement name etymology means the beach located in a lower area. It is also a small beach and features a small circular bay.

Praia Baixo is linked with the road connecting the northeast of the island and includes Pedra Badejo and Calheta de São Miguel.

It forms a part of the touristic reference in the municipality of São Domingos with its small beautiful beach and a small curcil bay which offers a nice hospitality. It presents excellent conditions for practices of marine sport including surfing, windsurfing, diving and swimming.

In 2008, construction of the "House of Sea and Marine Turtles" ("Casa do Mar e das Tartarugas Marinhas") began, it forms a part of "Gestão Integrada de Tartarugas Marinhas na Ilha de Santiago", organized by the University of Algarve, the Lisbon Oceanarium and the neighborhood of Lagoa in Faro, Portugal^[2][3]

References

1. "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 17 March 2014.
2. "Tartarugas Marinhas em Cabo Verde / património natural da humanidade" [Sea Turtles in Cape Verde, Humanity's Natural Heritage] (in ptdate=10 October 2009). Retrieved 9 March 2012.
3. "Sea Turtles in the Island of Santiago, Cape Verde" (in Portuguese). 10 December 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2012.