Chão Bom is a settlement in the northern part of the island of
Santiago
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,
Cape Verde
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. It is situated near the west coast, 3 km southeast of Tarrafal on the main road (
EN1-ST01
EN1-ST01 is a first class national road on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It runs from the capital Praia in the south to Tarrafal in the north, through the mountainous interior of the island.Assomada
Assomada is a cityCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015
and
Praia
Praia (, Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde.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 seco ...
, a writer, poet, journalist and a university professor is native to Chão Bom.