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 18,565 at the 2010 census, and its area is 120.8 km2.2010 Census Summary
Subdivisions The municipality consists of one freguesia (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.História Câmara municipal, Câmara municipal do Tarrafal Under Salazar the Tarrafal Concentration Camp 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
PartyMunicipal CouncilMunicipal AssemblyVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsMpD53.70754.2210PAICV43.11042.547
Notable people
Pany Varela, futsal player Pedro Celestino Silva Soares, footballer (soccer player) Silvino Lopes Évora, writer Mário Lúcio de Sousa, singer, member of the band Simentera Janício Martins, footballer (soccer player)
International relations
Tarrafal is twinned with the following municipalities in Portugal: Amadora Fundão Grândola Marinha Grande Moita Montijo
References
External links Câmara Municipal do Tarrafal ANMCV (Associação Nacional dos Municípios Cabo-Verdianos - National Association of the Capeverdean Municipalities)