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Praça Amílcar Cabral

Coordinates: 16°53′23″N 24°59′17″W / 16.8897°N 24.988°W / 16.8897; -24.988
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Praça Amílcar Cabral
Praça Nova
Praça Amílcar Cabral is located in Cape Verde
Praça Amílcar Cabral
NamesakeAmílcar Cabral
LocationMindelo, Cape Verde
Coordinates16°53′23″N 24°59′17″W / 16.8897°N 24.988°W / 16.8897; -24.988

Praça Amílcar Cabral, also popularly known as Praça Nova (Portuguese for "new square"), is an important square of the city of Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde. It is located in the northern part of the city center of Mindelo. The square is named after Amílcar Cabral, a leader of the independence movement of Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau. Constructed in 1895, it was named after the colonial administrator Serpa Pinto until Cape Verdean independence in 1975. It was laid out in a new, previously undeveloped part of the town.[1] The square is surrounded by Rua Angola to the north, Rua Argelia to the east, Rua Patrice Lumumba to the south and Rua 5 de Julho to the west.

Cinema Éden Park
Centro Nacional de Artesanato e Design

Notable buildings and structures around the square:[1][2]

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