Tarrafal, Cape Verde (municipality)

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Tarrafal
Municipality
Coordinates: 15°16′N 23°43′W / 15.26°N 23.71°W / 15.26; -23.71Coordinates: 15°16′N 23°43′W / 15.26°N 23.71°W / 15.26; -23.71
Country Cape Verde
Island Santiago
Area
 • Total 120.8 km2 (46.6 sq mi)
Population (2010)[1]
 • Total 18,561
 • Density 150/km2 (400/sq mi)

Tarrafal is a concelho (municipality) of Cape Verde. It is situated in the northern part of the island of Santiago. Its seat is the town Tarrafal. Its population was 18,561 at the 2010 census.[1]

Under Salazar the Tarrafal Concentration Camp was built on the plain south of town (Chão Bom) to contain opponents of the political regime.

Subdivisions

The municipality consists of one freguesia (civil parish), Santo Amaro Abade. The freguesia is subdivided into the following settlements, its population data are of 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)
  • Biscainhos (pop: 695)
  • Chão Bom (pop: 5,166)
  • Curral Velho (pop: 358)
  • Fazenda (pop: 107)
  • Figueira Muita (pop: 160)
  • Lagoa (pop: 55)
  • Mato Brazil (pop: 160)
  • Mato Mendes (pop: 194)
  • Milho Branco (pop: 165)
  • Ponta Lobrão (pop: 435)
  • Ribeira da Prata (pop: 1,009)
  • Tarrafal (pop: 6,656)
  • Trás os Montes (pop: 464)

Economy

The economy includes businesses, agriculture, fishing, and tourism.

History

The municipality was created on May 4, 1912, when two northern parishes of the older Municipality of Santa Catarina were split off to become the Municipality of Tarrafal, the seat of Santa Catarina moved to Assomada and Tarrafal became the seat of a municipality with its own name. In 1991, a southeastern parish of the Municipality was split off to become the Municipality of São Miguel.

Sights

Tarrafal has various sights to offer. There are an interesting town hall, a market hall, a comparatively large church, Saint Amaro Abade and Estádio de Mangue in the southern end next to the communal boundary with Chão Bom and newly constructed hotels east of it, in the market place. Every year Tarrafal invites everyone to celebrate the name festival (Festa de Santo Amaro). The date is January 15.

Other sites includes two lighthouses in the northwestern and northern extremities of the island including Ponta Preta locate on the point with the same name and another at Ponta Moreia.

Sports

Several football (soccer) clubs are founded in the municipality, all clubs play at Estádio de Mangue in the Mangue neighborhood in the south of Tarrafal north of the communal limits.

Demography

Most of the population is rural. The urban population is concentrated in the town of Tarrafal.

Population of Tarrafal, Cape Verde (municipality) (1940—2010)
1940[2][3] 1950[2][3] 1960[2][3] 1970[2][3] 1980[2][3] 1990[2] 2000[4] 2010[1]
18840 13222 19140 26251 24202 11626 17792 18561

Politics

The MpD is the ruling party of the municipality which won 43.7% in the last election.

Municipal assembly

2004
% 		2004
seats 		2008
% 		2008
seats 		2012
% 		2012
seats
Movement for Democracy68.821266-539
PAICV21.27428.8-43.78
PCD-PRD9.90----

Municipality

2004
% 		2004
seats 		2008
% 		2008
seats 		2012
% 		2012
seats
Movement for Democracy70.14767.8-52.87
PAICV22.06028.8-44.20
PCD-PRD7.80----

Notable people

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 17 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Source: Statoids
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Includes the population of the present-day São Miguel municipality.
  4. ↑ Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatísticas.
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