Tarrafal de Monte Trigo

Tarrafal de Monte Trigo
Coordinates: 16°57′32″N 25°18′36″W / 16.959°N 25.310°W / 16.959; -25.310Coordinates: 16°57′32″N 25°18′36″W / 16.959°N 25.310°W / 16.959; -25.310
Country Cape Verde
Island Santo Antão
Municipality Porto Novo
Civil parish São João Baptista
Population (2010)[1]
  Total 841

Tarrafal de Monte Trigo is a settlement in the southwestern part of the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. In 2010 its population was 841. It is situated on the coast, 27 km west of the island capital Porto Novo. The settlement was mentioned as Terrafal in the 1747 map by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin.[2]

The dirt road connecting Tarrafal with Porto Novo

See also

References

  1. "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 24 November 2016.
  2. Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1747). "Carte des Isles du Cap Verd = Kaart van de Eilanden van Kabo Verde" (in French).
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