Tarrafal de Sao Nicolau

Tarrafal de São Nicolau is a city in the western part of the island of , . With a population of 3,733, it is the most populous settlement of the island.
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  • Type: Locality with 4,370 residents
  • Description: town in Cape Verde
  • Also known as: “Tarrafal”, “Tarrafal de São Nicolau”, and “Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Cape Verde”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Estádio Orlando Rodrigues.

Pitch
is a multi-use stadium in Tarrafal de São Nicolau on the island of and are one of two on the island. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Ultramarina and AJAT'SN, clubs from other parts of the municipality plays at the stadium, the only one being FC Praia Branca from the north of the municipality.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cabeçalinho and Caleijão.

Village
is a settlement in the western part of the island of , . In 2010 its population was 155. It is situated 3 km southwest of and 6 km northeast of Tarrafal de São Nicolau. To its northwest is Monte Gordo. is situated 6 km northeast of Tarrafal de Sao Nicolau.

Village
is a settlement in the central part of the island of , . It is situated 2 km southwest of . Writer Baltasar Lopes da Silva was born in the village. Part of his novel Chiquinho is set in . is situated 7 km northeast of Tarrafal de Sao Nicolau.

Village
Cachaço is a settlement in the northwestern part of the island of , . It is situated 3 km southwest of and 5 km west of . is situated 7 km north of Tarrafal de Sao Nicolau.

Tarrafal de Sao Nicolau

Latitude
16.56622° or 16° 33′ 58″ north
Longitude
-24.35793° or 24° 21′ 29″ west
Population
4,370
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CV SNE
Open location code
798QHJ8R+FR
Geo­Names ID
3374165
Wiki­data ID
Q2718860
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Wolof—“Tarrafal de Sao Nicolau” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ታራፋል ዴ ሳዎ ኒኮላዩ”
  • Arabic: “تارافال دي سان نيقولاو”
  • Asturian: “Tarrafal de São Nicolau”
  • Azerbaijani: “Tarrafal de Sao Nicolau”
  • Bengali: “তারাফাল ডি সাও নিকোলাউ”
  • Catalan: “Tarrafal de São Nicolau”
  • Chinese: “圣尼古劳岛塔拉法尔”
  • Chinese: “聖尼古勞島塔拉法爾”
  • Dutch: “Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Cape Verde”
  • French: “Tarrafal de Sao Nicolau”
  • French: “Tarrafal de São Nicolau”
  • German: “Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Stadt”
  • German: “Tarrafal de Sao Nicolau”
  • German: “Tarrafal de São Nicolau”
  • Greek: “Ταρραφάλ ντε Σάο Νικολάου”
  • Hausa: “Tarrafal de Sao Nicolau”
  • Hebrew: “טרפאל”
  • Hindi: “तारराफल डी साओ निकोलाऊ”
  • Indonesian: “Tarrafal de Sao Nicolau”
  • Italian: “Tarrafal de Sao Nicolau”
  • Italian: “Tarrafal de São Nicolau”
  • Japanese: “タラファル・デ・サン・ニコラウ”
  • Japanese: “タラファルデサンニコラウ”
  • Javanese: “Tarrafal de Sao Nicolau”
  • Kazakh: “Тарrafal де Сан-Николау”
  • Kirghiz: “Тарrafal де Сан-Николау”
  • Korean: “타하팔드상니콜라우”
  • Low German: “Tarrafal de São Nicolau”
  • Malay: “Tarrafal de Sao Nicolau”
  • Maori: “Tarrafal de São Nicolau”
  • Mingrelian: “ტარაფალ-დე-სან-ნიკოლაუ”
  • Oromo: “Tarrafal de Sao Nicolau”
  • Panjabi: “ਤਾਰਾਫਲ ਡੇ ਸਾਓ ਨਿਕੋਲਾਉ”
  • Persian: “تارافال دی ساو نیکولاو”
  • Polish: “Tarrafal de São Nicolau”
  • Portuguese: “Tarrafal de São Nicolau”
  • Pushto: “تارافال دی ساو نکولاو”
  • Romanian: “Tarrafal de São Nicolau”
  • Russian: “Тарrafal де Сан-Николау”
  • Russian: “Таррафал-де-Сан-Николау”
  • Samoan: “Tarrafal de São Nicolau”
  • Somali: “Tarrafal de Sao Nicolau”
  • Spanish: “Tarrafal de San Nicolás”
  • Spanish: “Tarrafal de São Nicolau”
  • Swahili: “Tarrafal de Sao Nicolau”
  • Swedish: “Tarrafal de São Nicolau”
  • Tajik: “Тарrafal де Сан-Николау”
  • Tatar: “Tarrafal de Sao Nicolau”
  • Turkish: “Tarrafal de Sao Nicolau”
  • Ukrainian: “Таррафал-де-Сан-Ніколау”
  • Urdu: “تارافال ڈی ساؤ نکولاؤ”
  • Uzbek: “Tarrafal de Sao Nicolau”
  • Wolof: “Tarrafal de São Nicolau”
  • “Tarrafal de São Nicolau”

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