Tarrafal de Monte Trigo is a settlement in the southwestern part of the island of Santo Antão,

Cape Verde , national_anthem = () , official_languages = Portuguese , national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole , capital = Praia , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , demonym ...

. In 2010 its population was 841. It is situated on the coast, 27 km west of the island capital

Porto Novo Porto-Novo (Portuguese: "New Port", , ; yo, Àjàṣẹ́, ), also known as Hogbonu and Ajashe, is the capital of Benin. The commune covers an area of and as of 2002 had a population of 223,552 people. Situated on an inlet of the Gulf of Gu ...

. The settlement was mentioned as ''Terrafal'' in the 1747 map by

Jacques-Nicolas Bellin Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 – 21 March 1772) was a French hydrographer, geographer, and member of the French intellectual group called the philosophes. Bellin was born in Paris. He was hydrographer of France's hydrographic office, member of t ...

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Tarrafal de Monte Trigo is a rather long name considered important to avoid confusing it with other tarrafals in

Cape Verde , national_anthem = () , official_languages = Portuguese , national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole , capital = Praia , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , demonym ...

. There are over four of them, one on São Nicolau, and even another one on the island of Santo Antão, which is not really a village, but a section of

Ribeira Grande Ribeira Grande may refer to the following places: Cape Verde *Ribeira Grande (stream), a stream on the island of Santo Antão *Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde, a town on the island of Santo Antão *Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde (municipality), a municipali ...

, one of the largest towns on the island. The name Tarrafal comes from the shrub/tree ''

Tamarix senegalensis ''Tamarix senegalensis'' is a species of flowering plants of the Tamaricaceae family. It is a tree or twiggy shrub, that grows in saline soil, sandy desert and sea-shore. Description ''Tamarix senegalensis'' is a large shrub, reaching 2-5 metre ...

'' or Tamarisk, called Tarrafe in Cape Verde. In February 2021, work on the road to the village was declared finished with an inauguration ceremony.

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* WikiVoyage Travel Information for Tarrafal de Monte Trigo {{Subdivisions of Santo Antão, Cape Verde Villages and settlements in Santo Antão, Cape Verde Populated coastal places in Cape Verde Porto Novo Municipality Ports and harbours of Cape Verde

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