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Praia, Cape Verde
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Praça Alexandre Albuquerque (Portuguese for Albuquerque Square), also known as Praça 12 de Setembro is the main square of the capital city of Praia and Cape Verde located in the southcenter of the Platô (or Plateau). The square is named after the Portuguese colonial governor Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque who ran from 1869 until 1876. One of some features still named after a Portuguese governor that is still named after independence in 1975. It is 97 meters long and 74 meters wide and has a space of 7,178 square meters (0.71 ha). The square was first built in 1826 together with its adjacent buildings in the north, some were rebuilt, it is not known what occupied the area before the square was built
