Chão Bom is a settlement in the northern part of the island of

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. It is situated near the west coast, 3 km southeast of Tarrafal on the main road (

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and

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. In 2010 its population was 5,166. The Tarrafal prison camp was situated north of Chão Bom. The stadium

Estádio de Mangue Estádio de Mangue or Estádio Municipal do Tarrafal is a multi-purpose stadium in the neighborhood of Mangue in Tarrafal, Cape Verde nearly 100 meters north of the communal boundary of Chão Bom and just west of the Assomada-Tarrafal Road (EN1-S ...

is in the northwestern part in the communal limits.

Silvino Lopes Évora Silvino Lopes Évora is a Cape Verdean writer, poet, journalist and a university professor. Biography He was born in the village of Chão Bom nearly south of Tarrafal, he later attended primary school and a preparatory cycle. He achieved second ...

, a writer, poet, journalist and a university professor is native to Chão Bom.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chao Bom Villages and settlements in Santiago, Cape Verde Tarrafal Municipality Populated coastal places in Cape Verde