5-511: 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 island of São Nicolau Tarrafal de São Nicolau (municipality) , a municipality on the island of São Nicolau Tarrafal de Monte Trigo ,
10-534: A village on the island of Santo Antão Baía de Tarrafal , a bay west of the Town of Tarrafal in the island of Santiago Tarrafal camp , a former prison camp in Cape Verde [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
15-404: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tarrafal&oldid=861559056 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tarrafal, Cape Verde Tarrafal (also: Mangui or Mangue ) is a city in
20-563: The northern part of the island of Santiago , Cape Verde . In 2010 its population was 6,656. It is a fishing port situated on the northwestern coast. It constitutes the seat of the Tarrafal Municipality . The city is situated by the Baía de Tarrafal , at the foot of 643 m high Monte Graciosa . Tarrafal is at the northern end of two main roads to Praia in the south, one leading through Assomada and São Domingos ( EN1-ST01 ),
25-484: The other along the east coast through Calheta de São Miguel and Pedra Badejo (EN1-ST02). The origin of the toponym “Tarrafal” is the Portuguese word “tarrafal” , which means a plantation of the indigenous plant “tarrafe” , Tamarix senegalensis . The settlement was mentioned in the 1747 map by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin as "Terrafal". In 1917, the municipality of Tarrafal was separated from Santa Catarina, and
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