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. Situated in the western part of the island of São Nicolau, it covers 35% of the island area (119.8 km²) and is home to 41% of its population (5,237 at the 2010 census).2010 Census Summary
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Tarrafal de São Nicolau Tarrafal may refer to several locations in Cape Verde: * Tarrafal, Cape Verde, a town on the island of Santiago * Tarrafal, Cape Verde (municipality), a municipality on the island of Santiago * Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Cape Verde, a town on the i ...

Subdivisions

The municipality consists of one ''

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'' (civil parish), São Francisco de Assis. The ''freguesia'' is subdivided into the following settlements (population at the 2010 census): * Cabeçalinho (pop: 155) *

Fragata Fragata is a settlement in the northwestern part of the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde. In 2010 its population was 172. It is situated 2 km south of Ribeira Prata and 9 km north of Tarrafal de São Nicolau. It consists of the localities Cruzi ...

(pop: 172) * Hortelã (pop: 181) * Palhal (pop: 100) *

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(pop: 521, town) * Ribeira dos Calhaus *

Ribeira Prata Ribeira Prata is a settlement in the northwestern part of the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde. In 2010 its population was 343. It is situated near the north coast, 3 km northeast of Praia Branca and 11 km north of Tarrafal de São Nicola ...

(pop: 343) *

(pop: 3,733, city)Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015
Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33

History

The municipality was created in 2005, when the older municipality of São Nicolau was split in two, the western part becoming the Municipality of Tarrafal de São Nicolau and the eastern part becoming the Municipality of Ribeira Brava.Lei nº 67/VI/2005
p. 61

Demography

Politics

Since 2012, 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

Twin town

Tarrafal de São Nicolau is twinned with: *

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References

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