Tarrafal, Cape Verde (municipality)

Tarrafal
Municipality
Municipal hall of Tarrafal
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 18,565
 • Density 150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Postal code 7100
Website http://www.cmt.cv/

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]

General view of the town and the bay
Beach
Saint Amaro Abade Church
Market Hall

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):[1]

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

Demography

Population of Tarrafal Municipality (1940—2010)
1940[4][5] 1950[4][5] 1960[4][5] 1970[4][5] 1980[4][5] 1990[4] 2000[6] 2010[1]
18840 13222 19140 26251 24202 11626 17792 18561

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:[7]

Party Municipal Council Municipal Assembly
Votes% Seats Votes% Seats
MpD53.70754.2210
PAICV43.11042.547

Notable people

International relations

Tarrafal is twinned with the following municipalities in Portugal:[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 24 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33
  3. ↑ História Câmara municipal, Câmara municipal do Tarrafal
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Source: Statoids
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Includes the population of the present-day São Miguel municipality.
  6. ↑ Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatísticas Archived 2008-11-18 at the Wayback Machine..
  7. ↑ Official results local elections 2016, Boletim Oficial I Série, Número 53, 23 September 2016
  8. ↑ Geminações de Cidades e Vilas
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