Tarrafal is a ''

concelho Concelho () is the Portuguese-language term for municipality, referring to the territorial subdivision in local government. In comparison, the word ''município'' () refers to the organs of State. This differentiation is still in use in Portugal ...

'' (municipality) of

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. It is situated in the northern part of the island of

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whos ...

. Its seat is the town Tarrafal. Its population was 18,565 at the 2010 census, and its area is 120.8 km².2010 Census Summary
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Subdivisions

The municipality consists of one ''

freguesia ''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Por ...

'' (civil parish), Santo Amaro Abade. The ''freguesia'' is subdivided into the following settlements (population data from the 2010 census): * Achada Biscanhos (pop: 310) * Achada Lagoa (pop: 64) * Achada Longueira (pop: 520) * Achada Meio (pop: 211) * Achada Moirão (pop: 587) * Achada Tenda (pop: 1,242, town) * Biscainhos (pop: 695) * Chão Bom (pop: 5,166) * Curral Velho (pop: 358) * Fazenda (pop: 107) * Figueira Muita (pop: 160) * Lagoa (pop: 55) * Mato Brasil (pop: 160) * Mato Mendes (pop: 194) * Milho Branco (pop: 165) * Ponta Lobrão (pop: 435) * Ribeira da Prata (pop: 1,009, town) * Tarrafal (pop: 6,656, city)Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015
Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33 * Trás os Montes (pop: 464)

History

The municipality was created in 1917, when two northern parishes of the older Municipality of Santa Catarina were split off to become the Municipality of Tarrafal. In 1997, the southeastern part of the municipality was split off to become the Municipality of São Miguel. Under Salazar the

Tarrafal Concentration Camp Tarrafal was a concentration camp located in the village of Chão Bom, in the Municipality of Tarrafal, on the island of Santiago in Cape Verde. It was established in 1936, during a reorganization process of the Portuguese Estado Novo prison ...

was built on the plain south of town ( Chão Bom) to contain opponents of the political regime.

Demography

Politics

At the federal level, it belongs to the constituency of Santiago North. Since 2004, the Movement for Democracy (MpD) is the ruling party of the municipality. The results of the latest elections, in 2016:Official results local elections 2016
''Boletim Oficial I Série, Número 53'', 23 September 2016

Notable people

* Pany Varela, futsal player * Pedro Celestino Silva Soares, footballer (soccer player) *

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 secon ...

, writer * Mário Lúcio de Sousa, singer, member of the band

Simentera Simentera were a Capeverdean band or a music group performing traditional and world music and was one of the most famous groups in Cape Verde. History The band was founded in 1992. Two years after the foundation, they appeared at the 1994 Sfink ...

* Janício Martins, footballer (soccer player)

International relations

Tarrafal is twinned with the following municipalities in Portugal:Geminações de Cidades e Vilas
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* Fundão *

Grândola Grândola () is a town (''vila'') and municipality in Setúbal District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 14,826, in an area of 825.94 km2. Included in this municipality is Tróia (part of Carvalhal parish), a peninsula between the At ...

Marinha Grande Marinha Grande () is a municipality in the Leiria District, Portugal. The population in 2021 was 39,032, in an area of 187.25 km². The city itself has a population of 32,330. It is located right in the middle of the 700-year-old Leiria pine ...

Moita Moita () is a municipality in the district of Setúbal in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 66,029, in an area of 55.26 km2. The municipality is part of the Greater Lisbon Area, with a demographic rate of 1.194,9/km2 in 2011, growing from ...

* Montijo

References

External links

Câmara Municipal do Tarrafal

ANMCV (Associação Nacional dos Municípios Cabo-Verdianos - National Association of the Capeverdean Municipalities)
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